Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2010; 16(29): 3692-3696
Published online Aug 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i29.3692
Table 2 Demographics and clinical features of the 25 patients with predicted severe acute pancreatitis who received enteral nutrition, according to tube position at nutrition start
Nasogastric (n = 15)Nasointestinal (n = 10)P
Sex (female, %)6 (40)4 (40)1
Median age (yr)56 (31-83)63 (36-89)0.3
BMI (kg/m2)24.8 (21.4-28.2)25.4 (21.8-29.1)0.7
Amylase at entry (U/L; nv < 110)1045.5 (592.2-1498.8)1141.6 (127.7-2155.4)0.8
Lipase at entry (U/L; nv < 300)8559.8 (3676.4-13 443.2)14 037 (2026.1-30 100.1)0.4
CT severity index6.2 (5.1-7.2)4.7 (3.5-5.8)0.04
Ranson’s score3.8 (3.1-4.6)3 (1.6-4.3)0.2
CRP at 72 h (mg/L)149.1 (82.5-215.6)138 (27-249)0.8
White blood dells count at entry13 620 (10 476-16 760)9940 (5200-14 675)0.1
LDH at entry (mU/mL)841.8 (608.8-1074.7)862.6 (244.8-1480.4)0.9
Hematocrit at entry (%)38.6 (33.9-43.2)39.6 (35.9-43.2)0.7
Etiology: biliary/alcoholic or other6/95/50.6