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Using the Modified Glasgow Pancreatitis Score for acute pancreatitis, which of the below is a poor prognostic indicator?

(Please select 1 option)

Albumin 35 g/L

Calcium 1.91 mmol/L Correct

PaO2 10 kPa

Creatinine 130 µmol/L

AST 130 IU/L

Explanation

Poor prognostic indicators in the first 48 hours of acute pancreatitis include:

Age >55 years

WCC >15 ×109/L

Glucose >10 mmol/L

Urea >16 mmol/L

Albumin <30 g/L

AST >200 U/L

Calcium <2 mmol/L

LDH >600 U/L

PaO2 <8 kPa

Answer Statistics

1

1%

2

68%

3

5%

4

21%

5

7%

Times answered: 283