Graber and Wilbur's Family Medicine Examination &Board Review, 4e >Gastroenterology

Jason K. Wilbur, Mark A. Graber, Brigit E. Ray+

TABLE 7-8RANSON CRITERIA

•Age >55 years

•WBC >16,000
On admission •Glucose >200
•LDH >350
•AST >250

•Hematocrit reduction by >10%

•BUN increase of >5
•Calcium <8
At 48 hours
•pO2<60
•Base deficit >4
•Fluid sequestration of >6 L

Note: Mild pancreatitis is defined by the presence of 1 to 3 Ranson criteria; mortality increases with the presence of 4 or more.

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