Table 1 |
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Demographic and clinical data of patients treated for severe acute pancreatitis. |
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| All (%) |
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| 37 (100) |
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| Male |
33 (89) |
| Age (years) median, range |
46 (21–69) |
| BMI (kg/m2) median, range |
28 (21–42) |
| Pre-existing diseases |
|
| Hypertension |
10 (27) |
| Diabetes |
2 (5) |
| Cardiovascular |
3 (8) |
| Hyperlipidemy |
2 (5) |
| Chronic pancreatitis |
2 (5) |
| Respiratory |
2 (5) |
| Renal |
2 (5) |
| Psychiatric |
4 (11) |
| Etiology |
|
| Alcohol |
31 (84) |
| Biliary |
6 (16) |
| Amount of peritoneal fluid in CT |
|
| small |
13 (35) |
| moderate |
19 (51) |
| large |
4 (11) |
| Balthazar classification |
|
| A, B |
0 (0) |
| C |
1 (3) |
| D |
1 (3) |
| E |
34 (92) |
| no CT |
1 (3) |
| Primary admission |
4 (11) |
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CT, computed tomography; BMI, body-mass index |
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Keskinen et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2007 2:2 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-2-2 |
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