Clinical characteristics and management of patients with early acute severe pancreatitis: Experience from a medical center in China

Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics between ESAP and SAP

Factor	ESAP group	SAP group
Age (year)	58.95 ± 5.51a	60.12 ± 5.16
Sex (M/F)	38/31a	102/126
Hours between onset and admission	24.72 ± 5.21a	26.04 ± 4.03
APACHE II at admission	16.6 ± 0.72b	9.4 ± 0.45
Impairment degree of	5.31 ± 0.68b	3.68 ± 0.29
pancreas (Balthazar CT class)
Hypoxemia (%)	59(85.5)b	57(25)
ACS (%)	54(78.3)b	53(23.2)
Fever (T > 38.5 °C)(%)	38(55.1)b	55(24.1)
Pancreas infection (%)	11(15.9)a	17(7.5)
Other infections (%)	40(57.9)b	41(17.9)
Non-effective after 48 h	42(60.8)b	27(11.8)
ICU treatment (%)
Surgical treatment (%)	18(26.1)b	15(6.5)
Death (%)	30(43.4)b	6(2.6)
Death within 3 d	7	1
Death within 1 wk	16	2
Death after 1 wk	14	4
Mean hospitalization (d)	44.72 ± 42.151	21.26 ± 23.66

¹P > 0.05,

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, vs SAP group, ACS: abdominal com-partment syndrome.

Table 2 Incidence of organ dysfunction during hospitaliza-tion in patients with ESAP and SAP (%)

Factor	ESAP group	SAP group
Single organ dysfunction	15(21.7)a	25(10.9)
MODS	54(78.3)b	20(10.1)
Pulmonary insufficiency	59(85.5)b	27(11.8)
Hepatic dysfunction	14(20.3)b	17(7.5)
Renal insufficiency	28(40.6)b	9(3.9)
GI dysfunction	24(34.8)b	16(7.0)
Shock	29(42.0)b	10(4.4)

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, vs SAP group.

Table 3 Features of victim in ESAP group

Factor	Death group(n = 30)	Cure group(n = 39)
Numbers of organ dysfunction	3.33 ± 0.25b	2.27 ± 0.21
APACHE II score	16.1 ± 1.12b	14.2 ± 1.09
Balthazar CT class	5.69 ± 0.62b	4.47 ± 0.43
Hypoxemia (%)	30(100)b	27(69.2)
Abdominal compartment	27(90)b	22(56.4)
syndrome (%)
Pancreas infection (%)	8(26.7)1	4(10.3)
Other infections (%)	16(53.3)1	24(61.5)

¹P > 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, vs cure group.