Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potentially lethal disorder with no specific medical treatment. AP is characterized by a spectrum of symptoms, ranging from a local inflammatory process to the more severe form (acute necrotizing pancreatitis) which is associated with a systemic inflammatory response and a mortality rate of 27-45%. A number of risk factors have been identified for AP including alcoh...

Coagulation A bnormalities in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage • Coagulation and fibrinolytic studies were performed in 30 subarachnoid hemorrhage patients and 30 age-matched and sex-matched controls. Systemic abnormalities were detected in the following tests: recalcification time, fibrinogen, partial thromboplastin time, K value of thromboelastogram and euglobulin lysis time. The data suggest that sub...