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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2444-054X2019000400402</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.18000662</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sensibilidad, especificidad y fiabilidad de la escala POP en relación con APACHE II como predictores de pancreatitis aguda grave de origen biliar]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Sensitivity, specificity and reliability of the POP score vs. APACHE II score as predictors of severe acute biliary pancreatitis]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Escobar-Arellano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rubén]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guraieb-Barragán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edmundo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mansanares-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Valdivieso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría de Salud Hospital de Alta Especialidad de Veracruz Departamento de Cirugía]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Veracruz ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría de Salud Hospital de Alta Especialidad de Veracruz Departamento de Investigación]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Veracruz ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Cristóbal Colón Campus Calasanz Departamento de Investigación]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Boca del Río Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>87</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>402</fpage>
<lpage>409</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2019000400402&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2019000400402&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2019000400402&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: La escala APACHE II predice la gravedad de la pancreatitis aguda, si bien requiere la recolección de un gran número de parámetros. La escala POP, propuesta para estratificar el riesgo de gravedad, requiere pocos parámetros y las variables se recolectan en las primeras 24 horas.  Objetivo: Comparar las escalas POP y APACHE II como predictores de gravedad de la pancreatitis al ingreso.  Método: Estudio analítico, observacional, en adultos de ambos sexos con pancreatitis aguda de origen biliar. Se aplicaron las escalas APACHE II y POP en las primeras 24 horas del ingreso. Se analizaron el ingreso en la unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI) y la mortalidad.  Resultados: Se incluyeron 208 pacientes (110 mujeres y 98 varones), con una edad de 42.8 ± 16.6 años, 59 (28.4%) de ellos clasificados como pancreatitis grave, e ingresaron en la UCI 20 (9.6%). La escala POP mostró un 64.1% de sensibilidad y un 88.2% de especificidad, mientras que para APACHE II la sensibilidad fue del 66.7% y la especificidad fue del 87.6%.  Conclusiones: La escala POP es una herramienta fiable y fácil de aplicar para estratificar el riesgo de gravedad en pacientes con pancreatitis aguda, con el fin de proporcionar un manejo oportuno y disminuir las complicaciones y la tasa de mortalidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: The APACHE II score predicts severity of acute pancreatitis, although it requires the collection of a large number of parameters. The paediatric observation priority (POP) score proposed to stratify the risk of severity requires few parameters and the variables are collected in the first 24 h.  Objective: To compare POP and APACHE II scores as predictors of the severity of pancreatitis on admission.  Methods: Analytical, observational study in adults of both sexes with acute biliary pancreatitis; APACHE II and POP scores were administered in the first 24 h of admission; We analyzed admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and mortality.  Results: 208 patients were included, 110 women and 98 men, age 42.8 ± 16.6 years, classified as severe pancreatitis 59 (28.4%) patients, requiring ICU 20 (9.6%) of them. The POP score showed 64.1% sensitivity and 88.2% specificity, while for APACHE II score the sensitivity was 66.7% and the specificity 87.6%.  Conclusions: The POP score is a reliable and easy to apply tool to stratify the risk of severity in patients with acute pancreatitis to provide timely management and decrease complications and mortality rate.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[APACHE II]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Escala POP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Gravedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pancreatitis aguda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Acute pancreatitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[APACHE II]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[POP score]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Severity]]></kwd>
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