Parenteral Nutrition Combined with Enteral Nutrition for Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Table 2

Markers of disease at the time of admission and during the hospital stay.

	Group I	Group II	P value
	Mean ± SD (range)	Mean ± SD (range)	Group I versus Group II^a
APACHE-II Score
Day 0	12.21 ± 2.57	12.47 ± 3.71	0.363
Day 4	11.59 ± 5.12	11.45 ± 4.31	0.276
Day 7	11.53 ± 4.49	10.29 ± 4.21	0.010
Day 14	10.78 ± 4.77	09.07 ± 4.97	0.009
IL-6
Day 0	434.43 ± 187.29 ng/L	429.57 ± 179.61 ng/L	0.755
Day 4	397.50 ± 124.15 ng/L	382.21 ± 135.73 ng/L	0.716
Day 7	387.50 ± 165.92 ng/L	285.69 ± 199.17 ng/L	0.016
Day 14	385.50 ± 194.52 ng/L	180.33 ± 143.38 ng/L	0.006
Serum Albumin Level
Day 0	28.6 ± 3.7 g/L	30.03 ± 6.2 g/L	0.963
Day 4	29.36 ± 4.6 g/L	28.8 ± 5.3 g/L	0.865
Day 7	29.64 ± 5.1 g/L	29.3 ± 4.6 g/L	0.872
Day 14	29.7 ± 4.2 g/L	30.01 ± 5.7 g/L	0.987

aMann-Whitney U-test.