Prolonged intestinal mucosal acidosis is associated with multiple organ failure in human acute pancreatitis: Gastric tonometry revisited

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients investigated in this study

	Group 1non-survivors(n = 6)	Group 2survivors(n = 15)	P value
Age (yr)1	69 (41-77)	52 (29-69)	0.22
Sex ratio (M/F)	5/1	10/5
Duration of symptoms before admission (h)1	49.5 (12-104)	17 (4-120)	0.09
Etiology
Ethanol/gallstone/other	3/2/1	5/8/2
Disease severity
Predicted severity by Ranson’s score1	5.5 (1-8)	3 (2-7)	0.18
Predicted severity by Glasgow criteria1	2.5 (2-6)	2 (0-6)	0.45
APACHE II at the time of admission1	12 (4-15)	6 (3-16)	0.128
APACHE II on the third hospital day1	14 (10-29)	7 (0-10)	0.005
Outcome
Necrosis/No necrosis/No data2	5/0/1	5/9/1
Remote organ dysfunction1	3 (2-5)	0 (0-2)	0.0016

¹Values are represented as median (range). APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.

²No CT scan or autopsy proven data of necrosis was available.