Table 2.

Comparing baseline at the time of admission.

S.N	Parameters	CVVH (N = 18) (pretreatment)	Conventional therapy (N = 24) (pretreatment)	p value
1	Age	51.77 ± 12.02	53.50 ± 12.89	>0.05
2	Sex (M : F)	13 : 5	17 : 7	NS
3	Amylase	635.55 ± 138.50	632.95 ± 145.14	0.953
4	Lipase	1067.22 ± 153.19	1066.91 ± 124.34	0.995
5	CRP	269.27 ± 75.77	268.79 ± 48.50	0.981
6	IL-6	662.22 ± 166.43	663.25 ± 167.32	0.984
7	IL-10	1104.05 ± 141.03	1105.58 ± 107.14	0.970
8	TNF-alpha	577.94 ± 104.03	578.95 ± 82.95	0.973
9	Ranson score	6.00 ± 1.45	5.79 ± 1.50	0.653
10	APACHE-II score	21.83 ± 1.75	22.66 ± 1.78	0.139
11	Balthazar score	7.27 ± 0.75	6.95 ± 0.75	0.181