PREDICTING THE COURSE OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS PATIENT BASED ON HARMLESS ACUTE PANCREATITIS SCORE (HAPS)

INTRODUCTION: Acute pancreatitis is a common disease with a very unpredictable course , and hence requires a scoring system that is easy, quick and simple and that can predict the course at the earliest to avoid and prevent further complications. One such scoring system in recent times is the Harmless Acute Pancreatitis Score. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 60 patients presenting with pain in abdomen with raised serum amylase and serum lipase level are admitted to Bharati Hospital and research centre, Pune. DISCUSSION: Harmless Acute Pancreatitis score could predict the severe cases more efciently and that helped in making necessary decisions and improving the line of management. As per our study, we found the Harmless Acute Pancreatitis score to be an effective scoring system in predicting the course of Acute Pancreatitis with least number of investigations and requiring not more than half an hour. CONCLUSION:The Harmless Acute Pancreatitis Score is a good prognostic scoring system in predicting severe cases more efciently than mild cases very early on admission, requiring least number of investigations