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