Table 1. The Differences in the Workup Timeline for the Two Patients.

	Case 1	Case 2
Patient’s age, years	78	71
Sex	Female	Female
Medical history	Hypertension, hyperlipidemia	COPD, NASH, aortic stenosis
Clinical presentation	Abdominal pain and vomiting	Abdominal pain and vomiting
Diagnosis time (by CT scan)	52 h	7 h
ICU admission and close monitoring time	48 h	8 h
IV antibiotics	48 h	7 h
Outcome	Died	Survived

CT: computed tomography; ICU: intensive care unit; IV: intravenous; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.