shanghai_pancreatitis_score: Shanghai Score for Severe Acute Pancreatitis

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Shanghai Score for Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Description

Calculates the Shanghai Score to predict the risk of Severe Acute Pancreatitis (SAP). This scoring system uses simple, objective clinical and laboratory parameters available within 24 hours of admission to stratify patients into low or high risk categories.

Usage

shanghai_pancreatitis_score(bmi, age, pleural_effusion, hematocrit,
                            creatinine, ldh, creatinine_units = "mg/dL")

Arguments

bmi	Numeric. Body Mass Index in kg/m^2. (>= 25 adds 1 point).
age	Numeric. Patient age in years. (>= 60 adds 1 point).
pleural_effusion	Numeric (0 or 1). Presence of pleural effusion on imaging (CXR or CT). (1 = Yes, adds 1 point).
hematocrit	Numeric. Hematocrit percentage on admission. (>= 46% adds 1 point).
creatinine	Numeric. Serum creatinine on admission. (>= 1.6 mg/dL adds 1 point).
ldh	Numeric. Lactate Dehydrogenase level in U/L on admission. (>= 340 U/L adds 1 point).
creatinine_units	String. Units for creatinine input. Options: "mg/dL" (default) or "umol/L".

Value

A list containing:

Shanghai_Score	The calculated total score (Range 0-6).
Risk_Category	Interpretation of risk (Low Risk < 2, High Risk >= 2).

References

Liu Y, et al. A simple scoring system to predict the severity of acute pancreatitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2017;23(44):7847-7853. doi:10.3748/wjg.v23.i44.7847

Examples

# Example 1: High Risk
# BMI 28 (+1), Age 65 (+1), Pleural Effusion (+1), Hct 48 (+1), Cr 1.8 (+1), LDH 400 (+1)
# Score = 6
shanghai_pancreatitis_score(28, 65, 1, 48, 1.8, 400)

# Example 2: Low Risk
# BMI 22, Age 40, No effusion, Hct 40, Cr 0.8, LDH 200
# Score = 0
shanghai_pancreatitis_score(22, 40, 0, 40, 0.8, 200)

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