Timing of mortality in severe acute pancreatitis: Experience from 643 patients

Table 2 Pancreatic necrosis and causes of death in severe acute pancreatitis patients with early and late mortality n (%)

Pathology and causeof death	Early deaths	Late deaths	P value
	(n = 44)	(n = 61)
Pathology
Edematous	2 (4.5)	3 (4.9)	0.95
Sterile necrosis	21 (42.7)	14 (23.0)	0.008
Infected necrosis	6 (13.6)	31 (50.8)	< 0.0001
Necrosis without microbiological data	15 (34.2)	13 (21.3)	0.144
Cause of death
MOF	40 (90.9)	9 (14.8)	< 0.0001
Infected necrosis	0 (0.0)	14 (23.0)	0.001
Infected necrosis + MOF	1 (2.3)	22 (36.1)	< 0.0001
Intra-abdominal bleeding	1 (2.3)	12 (19.7)	0.008
Heart failure	2 (4.5)	2 (3.3)	0.738
Cerebral stroke	0 (0.0)	2 (3.3)	0.225

MOF: Multi-organ failure.