Correlates of Morbidity and Mortality in Severe Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Table 2

Hospital stay and rate of other morbidities depending on the extent of pancreatic necrosis.

Variable	<50%	>50%	Total	𝑃 value
Requiring ICU stay
Yes	2	8.0	10.0	^*0.008
%	10	53.3	28.6
No	18	7	25
%	90	46.7	71.4
Total hospital stay
Mean	14.8	35.3	23.2	^*0.004
s.d.	8.04	28.5	21.5
Range	3–35	7–106	3–106
Special care unit stay
Mean	5.1	11.8	7.9	^*0.006
s.d.	4.4	8.9	7.3
Range	0–18	2–32	0–32
NPO duration
Mean	9.0	22.0	14.1	^*0.008
s.d.	6.6	19.2	14.3
Range	2–21	2–68	2–68
Presence of infection
Yes	4	2	6	0.667
%	20	13.3	17.1
No	16	13	29
%	80	86.7	82.8
Surgery done
Yes	2	3	5	0.627
%	10	20	16.7
No	18	12	30
%	90	80	83.3
Pseudocyst^†
Yes	10	7	17	0.689
%	55.6	70.0	60.7
No	8	3	11
%	44.4	30.0	39.3
Need for readmission^†
Yes	6	6	12	0.243
%	33.3	60.0	42.9
No	12	4	16
%	66.7	40.0	57.1

^†Patients who died or were lost to follow-up excluded from the analysis for pseudocysts and need for readmission.