Harmless Acute Pancreatitis Score (HAPS)
Identifies patients who do not require intensive care for their first episode of acute pancreatitis.
Advice
The HAPS should not be used in isolation to suggest that a patient will have a “harmless” course of pancreatitis, but may be an additional useful piece of data in otherwise low-risk patients.
Management
We are not aware of algorithms incorporating the HAPS.
Critical Actions
The HAPS is not designed to identify patients with high risk of pancreatitis, only those with low risk.