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modified Glasgow criteria

The modified Glasgow criteria provide prognostic information for patients with pancreatitis. Increased morbidity & mortality are associated with the following criteria with 48 hours of admission to hospital: 1) age > 55 years 2) WBC > 15,000/mm3 3) glucose > 180 mg/dL 4) serum urea nitrogen > 96 mg/dL 5) serum LDH > 600 IU/L [for reference interval of 90-280 IU/L] 6) serum albumin < 3.3 g/dL 7) serum Ca+2 < 8 mg/dL 8) arterial pO2 < 60 mm Hg

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References

  1. Cecil's Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, Wyngaarden et al (eds). WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1992, pg 724
  2. Blamey et al Gut 25:1340, 1984