[Diagnostic accuracy in acute pancreatitis in the prehospital and early hospital stages].

The results of the analysis of diagnosis of acute pancreatitis on the basis of studying 3634 case records are presented. Errors in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis at the prehospital stage were established in 61.9%, at the early hospital stage--in 32.35% of cases, usually in the form of hyperdiagnosis of the disease.