Table 1

Characteristics of patients who did or did not develop intra-abdominal hypertension during ICU stay (n = 27)

Characteristic
IAH (n = 21)
Non-IAH (n = 6)
p-value

Age
53 (45–68)
46 (26–76)
0.629
Male gender
15 (71%)
4 (67%)
1.000
APACHE II score
21 (15–28)
10 (8–11)
0.005
Ranson score
7 (6–8)
3 (1–5)
0.014
Etiology of pancreatitis


0.552
     Biliary
7 (33%)
4 (67%)

     Alcohol
8 (38%)
2 (33%)

     Hyperlipemia
3 (14%)


     Trauma
1 (5%)


     Unknown
2 (10%)


CRP level 48 h after admission (mg/dL)
34 (19–40)
34 (26–39)
0.521
Pancreatic necrosis
20 (95%)
3 (50%)
0.025
Surgical management
9 (43%)
0 (0%)
0.070
Infected pancreatic necrosis
5 (24%)
0 (0%)
0.555
Organ dysfunction



     Pulmonary failure
20 (95%)
2 (33%)
0.004
     Cardiovascular failure
19 (91%)
1 (17%)
0.001
     Renal failure
18 (86%)
1 (17%)
0.004
LOS ICU (days)
21 (10–37)
3 (1–5)
0.003
LOS hospital (days)
42 (20–90)
12 (3–14)
0.015

APACHE, Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation; CRP, C-reactive protein; IAH, intra-abdominal hypertension; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.

De Waele et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R452   doi:10.1186/cc3754