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Characteristics of patients who did or did not develop intra-abdominal hypertension during ICU stay (n = 27) |
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| Characteristic |
IAH (n = 21) |
Non-IAH (n = 6) |
p-value |
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| 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 |
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| Biliary |
7 (33%) |
4 (67%) |
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| Alcohol |
8 (38%) |
2 (33%) |
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| Hyperlipemia |
3 (14%) |
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| Trauma |
1 (5%) |
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| Unknown |
2 (10%) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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