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The pool of diagnostic facilities has greatly expanded during recent years. Introduction of imaging procedures like computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (US), further development of specific pancreatic enzyme assays, and the detection of other pancreatitis-associated biochemical parameters have led to an improved approach to acute pancreatitis (AP). The comparative evaluation of diagnostic results enables us to take a further step in estimating the prognosis of the disease. For the clinician the main concern in acute pancreatitis is the early establishment of correct diagnosis and secondly the timely elaborated staging of severity. The staging represents the differentiation between mild and severe courses from the clinical point of view and between edematous interstitial (EIP) and necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) from the morphological angle.
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Büchler, M., Malfertheiner, P., Beger, H.G. (1986). Correlation of Imaging Procedures, Biochemical Parameters, and Clinical Stage in Acute Pancreatitis. In: Malfertheiner, P., Ditschuneit, H. (eds) Diagnostic Procedures in Pancreatic Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71128-2_19
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