ArticleJournal of the National Medical Association2007
Organ failure associated with acute pancreatitis in African-American and Hispanic patients.
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- African-Americans and Indigenous Peoples Have Increased Burden of Diseases of the Exocrine Pancreas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Cardiac complications in acute pancreatitis: an under-diagnosed clinical concern.World journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Acute pancreatitis in liver transplant hospitalizations: Identifying national trends, clinical outcomes and healthcare burden in the United States.World journal of hepatology · 2023Article
- Mortality in acute pancreatitis with persistent organ failure is determined by the number, type, and sequence of organ systems affected.United European gastroenterology journal · 2021Article
- Research on scutellarin parenteral solution's protective effects in rats with severe acute pancreatitis and multiple organ injuries.Inflammation · 2012Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of organ failure in patients with severe acute pancreatitis.World journal of emergency medicine · 2010Article
- Effects of Salvia miltiorrhizae on ICAM-1, TLR4, NF-kappaB and Bax proteins expression in multiple organs of rats with severe acute pancreatitis or obstructive jaundice.Inflammation · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe studied the relationship between acute pancreatitis and organ failure in African-American and Hispanic patients.
methodsThe medical records of 760 (417 African-American and 343 Hispanic) patients aged 19-85 years diagnosed with acute pancreatitis over 15 years were reviewed retrospectively. We abstracted and analyzed data related to demographics, etiology, type of pancreatitis, organ failure and mortality.
resultsOf the 760 patients, 24% had organ failure. Of the 182 patients with organ failure, 125 patients (69%) had multiple organ failure, whereas 57 patients (31%) had single type. Cardiovascular system failure was the common organ dysfunction (28%). Of the 760 patients, 14% died. Patients with organ failure had a higher mortality (40%) compared with those without it (6%) (OR=9.6, 95% CI: 6.0-15.3) (P=0.001). Mortality was higher among those with multiple organ failure (46%) compared with those with single type (25%). Mortality was highest among those with pulmonary failure (57%).
conclusionThe prevalence of organ failure in our study was slightly higher than the general population (20%). Mortality from single type was higher than that reported in previous studies (8-11%), especially mortality from pulmonary failure (18%). Prevention, early diagnosis and prompt treatment of organ failure may improve the clinical outcome.
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