Open AccessClinical outcomes in patients with ICU-related pancreatitis
Author(s) -
ChiaCheng Tseng,
WenFeng Fang,
Yoon Kyu Chung,
YiHsi Wang,
Ivor S. Douglas,
Meng-Chih Lin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.4938
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , intensive care unit , respiratory failure , mechanical ventilation , acute pancreatitis , mortality rate , concomitant , intensive care medicine
To identify risk factors predictive of intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in patients with ventilator-related pancreatitis. The clinical outcomes of patients with ventilator-related pancreatitis were compared with those of patients with pancreatitis-related respiratory failure as well as controls.