Table 3.
Prevalence of pleural effusion in different level of C-reactive protein and scoring systems in 465 patients with acute pancreatitis.
| Characteristics | Pleural effusion |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (n = 232) | Absent (n = 233) | ||
| CRP level (mg/L) | |||
| Mild (<150, n = 226) | 31 (13.4) | 195 (83.7) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥150, n = 239) | 201 (86.6) | 38 (16.3) | |
| Ranson Score | |||
| Mild (<3, n = 214) | 4 (1.7) | 210 (90.1) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥3, n = 251) | 228 (98.3) | 23 (9.9) | |
| BISAP Score | |||
| Mild (<3, n = 226) | 9 (3.9) | 217 (93.1) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥3, n = 239) | 223 (96.1) | 16 (6.9) | |
| Marshall Score | |||
| Mild (<2, n = 233) | 23 (9.9) | 210 (90.1) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥2, n = 232) | 209 (90.1) | 23 (9.9) | |
| APACHE II Score | |||
| Mild (<8, n = 234) | 5 (2.2) | 229 (98.3) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥8, n = 231) | 227 (97.8) | 4 (1.7) | |
| CTSI Score | |||
| Mild (<4, n = 224) | 20 (8.6) | 204 (87.6) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥4, n = 241) | 212 (91.4) | 29 (12.4) | |
| EPIC Score | |||
| Mild (<4, n = 228) | 28 (12.1) | 200 (85.8) | <.0001 |
| Severe (≥4, n = 237) | 204 (87.9) | 33 (14.2) | |
CRP: C-reactive protein; BISAP: bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis; APACHE II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; CTSI: computed tomography severity index; EPIC: extrapancreatic inflammation on computed tomography.
Data are numbers of patients, with percentages in parentheses.