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BALI Score
Aka: BALI Score
- See Also
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Ranson Criteria
- BISAP Score
- Indications
- Estimate prognosis in Acute Pancreatitis
- Technique
- Obtain at time of admission or within first 48 hours of admission
- Criteria
- Blood Urea Nitrogen 25 mg/dl or greater
- Age 65 years old or greater
- Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) >00 U/L or greater
- Interleukin-6 level 300 pg/ml or greater
- Interpretation
- Three positive criteria: Mortality 25% or more
- Four positive criteria: Mortality 50% of more
- References
- Spitzer (2006) Ann Surg 243(3): 380-8 [PubMed]