Abstract:

Background:Acute Pancreatitis (AP) is an acute inflammatory process of the pancreas that affects other regional tissues and more distant organ system through the systemic inflammatory response , resulting in organ dysfunction and death. Only Minority patients will develop a severe disease , while most patients suffer from a mild ,self limiting inflammatory process.About 10 to 20% of patients will progress to Severe Acute Pancreatitis (SAP) with a mortality rate of 6 to 10 %. Serum calcium and serum albumin obtained within the first 24 hours of hospital admission are useful predictors of severity in Acute Pancreatitis . With an adequate interpretation of their cut-off points, they are valuable for identifying the patients that require intensive care support, even in primary and secondary care centers.So easily availaibilty of these laboratory investigation can be used for early assessment and treatment of severe Acute Pancreatitis(SAP) and therefore helps in reducing mortality due to Acute pancreatitis. we also compared and correlated other scoring system in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis.

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