Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine,
No. 100, Haining Road, Hongkou District, 200080, Shanghai
China
Research Article
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Pancreatitis Coexisting with
Organ Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s): Chunyi Gui, Weidong Wu, Ruoqing Lei and Min WangChunyi Gui, Weidong Wu, Ruoqing Lei and Min Wang
Purpose: Acute pancreatitis is a systemic disease, and is usually closely associated with organ failures. This study was to investigate the pattern of organ failure in the course of acute pancreatitis. Recent Findings: A total of 783 severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and moderately severe acute pancreatitis (MSAP) patients who were sequentially treated in Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital from January 2001 to December 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. All the patients were divided according to their outcomes into two groups: deceased group and survival group. The relationship between the happening of organ failure and outcome of the patients were observed. Then peripheral blood level of endotoxin core antibody and TNF-α between SAP and MSAP groups were compared. Among the 783 patients, the numbers of MSAP patients and SAP patients were 573 and 210 respectively. Overall, 698.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9619.1000297
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