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Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine ›› 2007, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (3): 268-271.doi: 10.3736/jcim20070308

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Clinical study on 100 cases of severe acute pancreatitis in aged patients

W Huang,P Xue,TT Liu,L Huang,DK Xiang,L Wang,Q Xia   

  1. Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine , West China Hospital , Sichuan University , Chengdu ,Sichuan Province 610041 , China
  • Online:2007-05-31 Published:2018-10-21

Objective: To analyze the clinical features of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in aged patients, and to explore the measures of its diagnosis and treatment.Methods: The clinical data of 100 aged patients (55-85 years old) with SAP admitted from January 2003 to December 2005 were reviewed and compared with those of 221 non-aged SAP patients (11-54 years old) admitted at the same period.Result: Totally 112 times of onset occurred in 100 aged patients, and the main causes for senile SAP were biliary diseases and hyperlipemia. Both acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHEⅡ) and Ranson scores of the aged patients with SAP were higher than those of the control group (P<0.05); while there was no significant difference in Balthazar score between the two groups(P>0.05). The incidences of low serum calcium, low albumin and high aspartate aminotransferase (P<0.05), liver, kidney or brain impairment as well as the mortality were higher in the senile SAP group than those in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion: Biliary disease and hyperlipemia are the main causes of senile SAP, which lacks characteristic clinical symptoms and is often associated with multiple complications such as infection and lung, gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidney, and brain impairment. Individualized differential treatment with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine based on stage classification is an effective approach.

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  • R576.1

Table 1

Comparisons of etiological factors of SAP between two groups [Cases (%)]"

GroupnBiliary diseaseFatty dietHyperlipemiaBibulosityOthersUnclear
Aged10049 (49)15 (15)24 (24)6 (6)9 (9)15 (15)
Control22178 (35.3)**57 (25.8)*31 (14.0)*47 (21.3)**20 (9.0)14 (6.3)*

Table 2

Comparisons of scores of relevant grade systems between two groups (ヌ±S)"

GroupnScore of grade system
RansonAPACHEⅡ (0 h)APACHEⅡ (24 h)Balthazar
Aged1004.50±3.4113.96±6.5010.41±4.124.47±2.09
Control2213.63±1.76**10.49±6.01**8.43±3.78**4.52±4.05

Table 3

Comparisons of incidence rates of abnormal laboratory examination results between two groups [Cases (%)]"

GroupnGlucose>11.1 mmol/LCa2+<2.0 mmol/LAlbumin<32 g/LAST≥250 U/LWBC≥1.6×1010/L
Aged10053 (53)76 (76)54 (54)13 (13)40 (40)
Control22198 (44.3)133 (60.2)**79 (35.7)**11 (5.0)*63 (28.5)

Table 4

Comparisons of viscera impairment, infection complications and mortality between two groups [Cases (%)]"

GroupnLung impairmentLiver
impairment
Kidney
impairment
GI tract
impairment
Brain
impairment
InfectionMortality
Aged10071 (71)57 (57)21 (21)42 (42)18 (18)19 (19)20 (20)
Control221138 (62.4)96 (43.4)*24 (10.9)*73 (33.0)16 (7.2)**43 (19.5)23 (10.4)
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