Research Article
Air Medical Transportation for Severe Acute Pancreatitis Patients over an Extra Long Distance: Is It Safe Enough?
Table 1
Vital signs of transferred severe acute pancreatitis patients before and after transport.
| | Variables, number (%) | Before transfer | After transfer | value |
| | Heart rate | | | 0.749 | | ≤120 beats/min | 12 (60) | 11 (55) | | | >120 beats/min | 8 (40) | 9 (45) | | | Blood pressure | | | 0.788 | | Without vasopressors | 8 (40) | 7 (35) | | | Norepinephrine ≤ 0.1 μg/kg/min | 7 (35) | 6 (30) | | | Norepinephrine > 0.1 μg/kg/min | 5 (25) | 7 (35) | | | PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg) | | | 0.746 | | >200 | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | | | 100–200 and mechanically ventilated | 12 (60) | 10 (50) | | | <100 and mechanically ventilated | 4 (20) | 6 (30) | | | Urine volume | | | 1 | | Anuria | 12 (60) | 12 (60) | | | ≤40 ml/h | 6 (30) | 6 (30) | | | >40 ml/h | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | | | pH | | | 0.709 | | >7.45 | 4 (20) | 3 (15) | | | 7.35–7.45 | 13 (65) | 12 (60) | | | <7.35 | 3 (15) | 5 (25) | | | Lactate | | | 0.744 | | ≤2 | 13 (65) | 12 (60) | | | >2 | 7 (35) | 8 (40) | | | PaCO2 | | | 0.926 | | >45 | 4 (20) | 5 (25) | | | 35–45 | 12 (60) | 11 (55) | | | <35 | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | |
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Categorical variables were presented as absolute numbers and percentages.
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