Treatment of abdominal compartment syndrome in severe acute pancreatitis patients with traditional Chinese medicine

Table 2 ICP and APACHE II score of the two groups (n = 40, mean ± SD)

	ICP			APACHE II scores
	Study group	Control group	P	Study group	Control group	P
HPd	19.5 ± 3.4	18.7 ± 3.6		17.51 ± 4.51	18.2 ± 3.87
Day 1	16.5 ± 3.2	17.4 ± 3.8		16.44 ± 3.54	17.85 ± 4.12
Day 2	15.8 ± 2.5	16.2 ± 1.9		14.21 ± 4.23	16.55 ± 3.98
Day 3	15.6 ± 2.7	15.9 ± 3.1		9.66 ± 1.88c	13.46 ± 1.93	< 0.05
Day 4	8.2 ± 1.5a	15.2 ± 3.7	< 0.05	7.41 ± 1.72c	12.37 ± 2.21	< 0.05
Day 5	8.7 ± 3.2a	14.7 ± 2.9	< 0.05	4.63 ± 1.46c	10.78 ± 2.01	< 0.05
Day 6	7.9 ± 3.9a	7.5 ± 3.5a		4.33 ± 2.01c	5.23 ± 2.67c
Day 7	7.4 ± 2.8a	8.1 ± 2.7a		3.78 ± 1.53c	4.21 ± 1.62c

^aP < 0.05 vs ICP of HPd;

^cP < 0.05 vs APACHE II scores of HPd. HPd: Hospitalization day.