Table I.

General data of patients with severe acute pancreatitis (mean ± standard deviation).

Groups	HEMO group (n=32)	Control group (n=28)	P-value
Male	20	18	0.8861
Female	12	10
Age (years)	54.32±10.65	58.94±9.02	0.0772
Onset time (h)	21.03±6.36	24.01±8.20	0.1189
Fever	30	27	0.6348
Nausea	28	27	0.2119
Emesis	26	26	0.1870
Abdominal pain	29	27	0.3686
Abdominal distension	29	27	0.3686
Jaundice	10	8	0.8213

P>0.05, there was no significant difference between the two groups.