Research Article

A Novel Nomogram for Predicting Survival in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis: An Analysis Based on the Large MIMIC-III Clinical Database

Table 1

Baseline characteristics, vital signs, laboratory parameters, and outcomes of patients with acute pancreatitis.

VariablesClassificationPatientsP
Training set (%)Validation set (%)

Total595255
Age60 (48–71)59 (45–71)0.450
LOS4 (2–12)3 (2–10)0.128
Weight81 (68–97)79 (68–91)0.145

GenderMale353 (59.3)130 (51.0)0.024
Female242 (40.7)125 (49.0)

EthnicityWhite400 (67.2)168 (65.9)0.790
Black58 (9.7)23 (9.0)
Other137 (23.0)64 (25.1)

Admission typeElective15 (2.5)11 (4.3)0.204
Emergence557 (93.6)230 (90.2)
Urgent23 (3.9)14 (5.5)

InsuranceMedicare274 (46.1)116 (45.5)0.908
Private214 (36.0)95 (37.3)
Medicaid73 (12.3)33 (12.9)
Government27 (4.5)8 (3.1)
Self-pay7 (1.2)3 (1.2)

Marital statusMarried366 (61.5)166 (65.1)0.580
Unmarried184 (30.9)73 (28.6)
Other45 (7.6)16 (6.3)

Explicit sepsisYes470 (79.0)198 (77.6)0.661
No125 (21.0)57 (22.4)

InfectionYes217 (36.5)96 (37.6)0.745
No378 (63.5)159 (62.4)

Organ dysfunctionYes248 (41.7)101 (39.6)0.573
No347 (58.3)154 (60.4)

VentYes307 (51.6)133 (52.2)0.881
No288 (48.4)122 (47.8)

ComorbiditiesDiabetes133 (22.4)57 (22.4)0.195
Hypertension311 (52.3)142 (55.7)0.244
Liver disease140 (23.5)58 (22.7)0.255
Neurological81 (13.6)28 (11.0)0.279
Renal failure87 (14.6)33 (12.9)0.233
Coagulopathy120 (20.2)62 (24.3)0.252
Alcohol abuse140 (23.5)65 (25.5)0.240
Fluid electrolyte282 (47.4)135 (52.9)0.253
Chronic pulmonary102 (17.1)35 (13.7)0.267
Cardiac arrhythmias179 (30.1)85 (33.3)0.318
CHF145 (24.4)61 (23.9)0.220

Scoring systemsSAPSII37 (27–47)35 (26–44)0.208
Elixhauser score8 (4–15)9 (2–15)0.636

Laboratory eventsPT14.1 (12.9–16.0)14.1 (13.0–16.1)0.970
PTT29.5 (25.7–34.1)28.9 (25.8–34.5)0.930
Bilirubin0.9 (0.5–2.2)0.8 (0.4–1.9)0.174
Chloride103.0 (99.0–108.0)103.0 (98.0–108.0)0.368
ALT42.0 (23.0–138.0)41.0 (19.0–104.0)0.242
AST59 (28.0–146.0)54.0 (27.0–129.0)0.414
Calcium8.3 (7.6–8.9)8.3 (7.7–9.0)0.529
Anion gap16.0 (13.0–19.0)16.0 (14.0–19.0)0.419
Bicarbonate23.0 (19.0–26.0)23.0 (20.0–26.0)0.548
Creatinine1.1 (0.8–1.9)1.1 (0.7–2.0)0.745
Glucose135.0 (105.0–180.0)125.0 (98.0–163.0)0.012
Potassium4.1 (3.7–4.6)4.1 (3.7–4.6)0.777
Sodium138.0 (135.0–141.0)138.0 (135.0–141.0)0.990
Hematocrit35.2 (30.3–40.7)35.1 (31.3–40.3)0.819
Hemoglobin11.8 (10.1–13.7)11.9 (10.3–13.7)0.602
Platelet226.0 (158.0–320.0)220.0 (156.0–292.0)0.668
RDW14.5 (13.6–15.7)14.5 (13.5–15.9)0.428
WBC12.6 (8.5–17.6)12.6 (8.8–17.4)0.794

Vital signsMBP80 (73–90)78 (71–89)0.147
SPO297 (95–98)97 (95–99)0.664
Temperature37.0 (36.6–37.6)37.0 (36.6–37.6)0.909
Heart rate96 (83–109)94 (82–109)0.050
Respiratory rate21 (17–24)20 (18–24)0.403

LOS: length of stay; Vent: mechanical ventilation; CHF: chronic heart failure; SAPSII: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; RDW: red blood cell distribution width; WBC: white blood cell; MBP: mean blood pressure.