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[Prognosis of acute pancreatitis by PANC 3 score]
James Ken Fukuda1, Orli Franzon, Fernando de Oliveira Resende-Filho
1Departamento de Cirurgia Geral do Hospital Regional Dr. Homero de Miranda Gomes, São José, SC, Brasil. jamesfukuda@hotmail.com
Background:
Acute pancreatitis is a disease of great importance in clinical practice, defined as an inflammatory process of the pancreas that may involve local tissues or affect other organs in a systemic manner, requiring, in such cases, an intensive care.
Aim:
To analyze the simplified stratification system of the PANC 3 score, correlating it with the Ranson score, for the prognostic definition of cases of acute pancreatitis.
Method:
Was conducted a prospective, observational study in which were evaluated 65 patients who were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis.
Results:
PANC 3 showed sensitivity, 31.25%; specificity,100%; positive predictive value, 100%; negative predictive value, 81.66% and accuracy, 83.07%.
Conclusions:
The PANC 3 criteria are applicable to define the severity and the prognosis of acute pancreatitis, and are not a substitute method, but rather a method to be associated with the Ranson criteria, mainly due to its high accuracy, positive predictive value and specificity.
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