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07 July 2022 : Clinical Research  

Optimal Timing and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Approach in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Mihai Faur12ABCE, Sorin Radu Fleaca ORCID logo1CDFG, Claudia Diana Gherman3ACF, Ciprian Ionut Bacila1CDFG, Denisa Tanasescu4BCEF, Dragos Serban ORCID logo56CDF*, Laura Carina Tribus78CDF, Corneliu Tudor ORCID logo6DEF, Gabriel Catalin Smarandache96CDF, Daniel Ovidiu Costea1011CEF, Mihail Silviu Tudosie1213CEF, Dan Sabau12ABCF, Gabriel Andrei Gangura914DEF, Ciprian Tanasescu12ABCF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937016

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e937016

Table 1 General data of patients included in the study.

ParameterMild ABP (n=53)Medium-severe ABP (n=24)Severe ABP (n=57)Total (n=143)P value
Age (mean±SD, years)60.2±13.261.7±8.264.6±10.462.3±11.40.175*
Sex (female; male)13 (24.5%)11 (45.8%)30 (52.6%)54 (40.3%)0.008**
40 (75.5%)13 (54.2%)27 (47.4%)80 (59.7%)
% Urban31 (58.5%)3 (12.5%)10 (17.5%)44 (32.8%)<0.001**
% Rural22 (41.5%)21 (87.5%)47 (82.5%)90 (67.2%)
No. comorbidities0.9±0.81.6±12.4±1.31.69±1.3<0.001*
Comorbidities (no. patients, %)
• Diabetes05 (20.8%)25 (43.9%)30 (22.4%)<0.001**
• Obesity0020 (35.1%)20 (14.9%)<0.001**
• Chronic broncho pneumopathy02 (8.3%)25 (43.9%)27 (20.1%)<0.001**
• Arterial hypertension27 (50.9%)19 (62.5%)23 (40.4%)65 (48.5%)0.191**
• Ischemic coronary disease19 (35.8%)9 (37.5%)35 (61.4%)63 (47%)0.02**
Time from onset to hospitalization (days)1.8±1.12.6±0.45.6±1.13.5±2<0.001*
Amylase (mean±SD, UI/L)232.40±43.9404.8±52.32067.8±777.91044±1020<0.001*
Bilirubin (mean±SD, mg/dL)2±0.73.4±0.515.1±57.8±7.1<0.001*
ALT (mean±SD, UI/L)75.4±18.4275.5±41.6681±110.8368.9±288.5<0.001*
AST (mean±SD, UI/L)88.7±21.2323±50.2646.4±138.6367.9±270.8<0.001*
Leukocytes (mean±SD, nr/mmc)12706±941.315422.5±77922370.7±3947.717312.7±5200.4<0.001*
Leukocytes >15 000/mmc018 (75%)57 (100%)75 (52.4%)<0.001**
NLR (mean±SD)8.6±2.411.6±1.919.8±2.813.9±5.7<0.001*
Creatinine (mean±SD)0.7±0.53.3±17.6±1.64.1±3.3<0.001*
Creatinine >2 (no. of patients,%)020 (83.3%)56 (98.2%)76 (53.1%)<0.001**
Balthasar CT score at admission:
 A18 (34%)0018 (13.4%)<0.001**
 B33 (62%)2 (8%)035 (26.1%)
 C2 (4%)21 (88%)1 (2%)24 (17.9%)
 D01 (4%)50 (87.5%)51 (38.1%)
 E006 (10.5%)6 (4.5%)
* Kruskal-Wallis Test;
** Fisher exact test.
ABP – acute biliary pancreatitis; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; AST – aspartate aminotransferase; CT – computed tomography; NLR – neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; SD – standard deviation.

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