Table 2.
Pancreatic necrosis and causes of death in severe acute pancreatitis patients with early and late mortality n (%)
| Pathology and cause of death |
Early deaths |
Late deaths |
P value |
| (n = 44) | (n = 61) | ||
| Pathology | |||
| Edematous | 2 (4.5) | 3 (4.9) | 0.95 |
| Sterile necrosis | 21 (42.7) | 14 (23.0) | 0.008 |
| Infected necrosis | 6 (13.6) | 31 (50.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Necrosis without microbiological data | 15 (34.2) | 13 (21.3) | 0.144 |
| Cause of death | |||
| MOF | 40 (90.9) | 9 (14.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Infected necrosis | 0 (0.0) | 14 (23.0) | 0.001 |
| Infected necrosis + MOF | 1 (2.3) | 22 (36.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Intra-abdominal bleeding | 1 (2.3) | 12 (19.7) | 0.008 |
| Heart failure | 2 (4.5) | 2 (3.3) | 0.738 |
| Cerebral stroke | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.3) | 0.225 |
MOF: Multi-organ failure.