Ranson's Criteria

Estimate mortality in patients with pancreatitis.

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Ranson's criteria is one of the first scoring systems used to assess prognosis in acute pancreatitis. It consists of 11 parameters,5 assessed at admission and 6 more during the next 48 hours

The criteria are well known and of historical interest, though a meta-analysis of 110 studies found the Ranson score to be a poor predictor of severity and performed no better than clinical judgement.

References

Ranson JHC, Rifkind KM, Roses DF et al.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 1974, 61 (6): 443-51

Bernardinis M, Violi V, Roncoroni L, Boselli AS, Giunta A, Peracchia A.

Critical Care Medicine 1999, 27 (10): 2272-83

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About

Ranson's criteria is one of the first scoring systems used to assess prognosis in acute pancreatitis. It consists of 11 parameters,5 assessed at admission and 6 more during the next 48 hours

The criteria are well known and of historical interest, though a meta-analysis of 110 studies found the Ranson score to be a poor predictor of severity and performed no better than clinical judgement.

References

Ranson JHC, Rifkind KM, Roses DF et al.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 1974, 61 (6): 443-51

Bernardinis M, Violi V, Roncoroni L, Boselli AS, Giunta A, Peracchia A.

Critical Care Medicine 1999, 27 (10): 2272-83

The Ranson's Criteria calculator is created by QxMD.
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