“…6-67 and 6-68). 51,[115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122] Ranson has defined a set of laboratory and clinical criteria that are commonly used to judge the severity of an attack of acute pancreatitis and have some prognostic significance in predicting complications, including abscess development and hemorrhage. 123,124 Several investigators, most notably Balthazar, have recently reported the use of CT early in the course of pancreatitis as a predictor of outcome.…”