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Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis

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Standards in Pancreatic Surgery

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Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is based on clinical, morphological, and functional criteria with the currently employed definition based on the Second International Symposium on Classification of Pancreatitis [22]. This paper deals with the clinical symptoms and diagnostic procedures in establishing the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.

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Kemmer, T.P., Adler, G. (1993). Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M., Malfertheiner, P. (eds) Standards in Pancreatic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77437-9_6

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