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