Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	1806
Country	Japan

Received	2013-01-07 16:15
Peer-Review Started	2013-01-07 17:49
To Make the First Decision	2013-03-04 11:52
Return for Revision	2013-03-11 11:01
Revised
Second Decision	2013-06-18 09:59
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-06-19 00:11
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Review
Article Title	Criteria for the diagnosis and severity stratification of acute pancreatitis
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Makoto Otsuki, Kazunori Takeda, Seiki Matsuno, Yasuyuki Kihara, Masaru Koizumi, Masahiko Hirota, Tetsuhide Ito, Keisho Kataoka, Motoji Kitagawa, Kazuo Inui and Yoshifumi Takeyama
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Grant-in-Aid to the Research Committee on Intractable Pancreatic Diseases provided from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Corresponding Author	Makoto Otsuki, MD, PhD, Kitasuma Hospital, 1-1-1 Higashi-Shirakawa dai, Suma, Kobe, Hyogo 654-0102, Japan. mac.otsk@gmail.com
Key Words	Severe acute pancreatitis; Severity score; Scoring system; Prognostic factors; Case-mortality
Core Tip	The new severity criteria of acute pancreatitis (AP) consist of two independent prognostic factors; laboratory and/or clinical severity scores and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) findings. Mortality rate of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) that satisfied both laboratory/clinical and CE-CT severity criteria was as high as 30.8%. It is recommended to perform CE-CT examination in those patients who were diagnosed as SAP by laboratory/clinical severity criteria. Patients who fulfill both severity criteria should be transferred to advanced medical units. The revised criteria are extremely useful to detect SAP at an early stage of AP.
Publish Date	2013-09-21 09:08
Citation	Otsuki M, Takeda K, Matsuno S, Kihara Y, Koizumi M, Hirota M, Ito T, Kataoka K, Kitagawa M, Inui K, Takeyama Y. Criteria for the diagnosis and severity stratification of acute pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(35): 5798-5805
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i35/5798.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i35.5798

Full Article (PDF)	WJG-19-5798.pdf
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Answering Reviewers	1806-Answering reviewers.pdf
Copyright License Agreement	1806-Copyright assignment.pdf
Non-Native Speakers of English Editing Certificate	1806-Language certificate.doc
Peer-review Report	1806-Peer review(s).pdf
Scientific Editor Work List	1806-Scientific editor work list.doc