Retrospective Cohort Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Feb 10, 2016; 8(3): 180-185
Published online Feb 10, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i3.180
Table 1 Characteristics of patients undergoing emergency endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Immediate EST group (n = 59)Elective EST group (n = 28)P value
Sex (M:F)31:2813:150.59
Age (mean ± SD, range)68.76 ± 14.5878.82 ± 9.070.0001
Clinical presentation, n (%)
Peritonism51 (86)19 (68)0.04
Fever28 (47)15 (54)0.59
Hypotension1 (1.6)1 (3.5)0.54
Altered sensorium1 (1.6)0 (0)0.67
Pre-existing pancreatitis (%)15 (25)1 (3.5)0.01
WBC10959 ± 585710025 ± 41100.39
Plt20.4 ± 8.018.5 ± 6.30.26
PT (%)86.7 ± 15.872.7 ± 22.20.009
CRP5.32 ± 5.597.84 ± 6.760.069
T-Bil4.09 ± 2.83.9 ± 2.50.76
AST253.3 ± 215.2262.3 ± 370.30.90
ALT243.5 ± 182262.3 ± 278.70.83
γGTP458.6 ± 326.7453.4 ± 233.60.82
ALP760.1 ± 404.9826.3 ± 608.40.60
Table 2 Demographic data of patients before endoscopic sphincterotomy
Immediate EST groupElective EST groupP value
WBC10959 ± 58576521 ± 22740.0002
Plt20.4 ± 8.032.6 ± 42.20.03
PT (%)86.7 ± 15.882.9 ± 14.10.23
CRP5.32 ± 5.591.82 ± 1.650.0017
T-Bil4.09 ± 2.81.4 ± 1.0< 0.0001
AST253.3 ± 215.250.6 ± 53.5< 0.0001
ALT243.5 ± 18266.9 ± 55.3< 0.0001
γGTP458.6 ± 326.7254.3 ± 230.3< 0.0001
ALP760.1 ± 404.9494.5 ± 241.7< 0.0001
Table 3 Outcome of patients subjected to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Elective EST group (n = 28)P value
Immediate EST group (n = 59)
Normalization of body temperature1.37 ± 1.861.68 ± 2.830.6
Normalization of WBC2.19 ± 2.871.39 ± 1.130.06
Normalization of CRP9.12 ± 7.7313.75 ± 9.320.017
Time to discharge16.79 ± 11.8921.75 ± 14.10.09
Immediate EST with stone extraction group (n = 18)
Normalization of body temperature1.61 ± 0.981.68 ± 2.830.92
Normalization of WBC1.78 ± 0.91.39 ± 1.130.53
Normalization of CRP7.0 ± 5.713.75 ± 9.320.008
Time to discharge13.2 ± 7.521.75 ± 14.10.02