Organ failure associated with severe acute pancreatitis

Table 6 Relationship between infected versus sterile necrosis and single organ failure in 74 patients

Organ failure (%)	Sterile necrosis (n = 47)	Infected necrosis (n = 27)	χ²	Sig.
Multiple organ failure	13 (27.7%)	7 (25.9%)	0.0261	NS
Pulmonary failure	24 (51.1%)	10 (37.0%)	1.3585	NS
Renal failure	6 (12.8%)	6 (22.2%)	1.1287	NS
Cardiovascular failure	10 (21.3%)	3 (11.1%)	1.2237	NS
Hepatic failure	7 (14.9%)	7 (25.9%)	1.3607	NS
Neurologic failure	4 (8.5%)	0		NSa
Gastrointestinal failure	4 (8.5%)	4 (14.8%)	0.7068	NS

^a: Fisher’s exact probabilities test.