Organ failure associated with severe acute pancreatitis

Table 7 Relationship between hospital death and organ failure in 74 patients

Organ failure	Survivor (n = 62)	Nonsurvivor (n = 12)	χ²	P value
Multiple organ failure	11 (17.7%)	9 (75%)	16.7130	< 0.005
Pulmonary failure	22 (35.5%)	12 (100%)	16.8501	< 0.005
Renal failure	8 (12.9%)	4 (33.3%)	1.7680	NS
Cardiovascular failure	8 (12.9%)	5 (41.7%)	3.9295	< 0.05
Hepatic failure	11 (17.7%)	3 (25%)	0.0342	NS
Neurologic failure	0	4 (33.3%)		NSa
Gastrointestinal failure	4 (6.5%)	4 (33.3%)	5.0050	< 0.05

^a: Fisher’s exact probabilities test.