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Research Article: Relevance of Procalcitonin Levels as a Marker of Severity and Predictor of Mortality, Initiation and Duration of Antibiotics in Patients Admitted with Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Date Published: 2024-02-09

Introduction:
The course of illness for acute pancreatitis can range from self-limiting to extremely protracted, ending in sepsis, multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome, and death. Laboratory studies, including lipase levels, assist in confirming the diagnosis of pancreatitis. A serum lipase level three times the normal’s upper limit is % indicative of acute pancreatitis. Because of large variations in the hospital course of acute pancreatitis, several scoring systems have been developed to aid physicians in the clinical…

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