• Pancreas · Mar 2009

    Comparative Study

    Severe acute pancreatitis: overall and early versus late mortality in intensive care units.

    • Vesna Bumbasirevic, Dejan Radenkovic, Zorica Jankovic, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Bojan Jovanovic, Natasa Milic, Ivan Palibrk, and Nenad Ivancevic.
    • Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
    • Pancreas. 2009 Mar 1;38(2):122-5.

    ObjectivesTo determine overall mortality and timing of death in patients with severe acute pancreatitis and factors affecting mortality.MethodsThis was a retrospective, observational study of 110 patients admitted to a general intensive care unit (ICU) from January 2003 to January 2006.ResultsThe overall mortality rate was 53.6% (59/110); 25.4% (n = 15) of deaths were early (ConclusionsOverall mortality and median APACHE II score were high. Death predominantly occurred late and was unaffected by patient age, length of stay in the ICU, or surgical/medical treatment. An APACHE II cutoff of 24.5 and pre-ICU admission time of 2.5 days were sensitive predictors of fatal outcome.

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