An often encountered surgical emergency is acute pancreatitis and poses a significant therapeutic challenge for the health care
providers. It requires high clinical suspicion and careful monitoring to treat patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis effectively.
Bedside Index for Severity in Acute Pancreatitis (BISAP) is a s scoring system which is simple and has 5 variables that would precisely
predict severity as early as within the first 24 hours of the course of acute pancreatitis. Balthazar et al., introduced a grading system,
Computed tomography Severity Index(CTSI) for acute pancreatitis which included the entire estimation of the contour, density and
size of pancreas, pancreatic necrosis, peripancreatic collection in computed tomography to assess the prognosis in acute
pancreatitis. The present study uses the Bedside Index for Severity in Acute Pancreatitis scoring system for grading the severity of
acute pancreatitis in patients within 24 hours of hospital admission compared to Computed tomography Severity Index taken 48
hours after onset of symptoms and categorizes the management plan accordingly.
Keywords: Acute Pancreatitis, Bedside index, Computed tomography, Blood urea Nitrogen, Scoring system