Ghiță AI, Pahomeanu MR, Negreanu L. Epidemiological trends in acute pancreatitis: A retrospective cohort in a tertiary center over a seven year period. World J Methodol 2023; 13(3): 118-126 [PMID: 37456974 DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v13.i3.118]
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Mihai Radu Pahomeanu, Doctor, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine I & Gastroenterology - University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Splaiul Independenței 169, Sector 5, Bucharest 050098, Romania. mihai.pahomeanu@drd.umfcd.ro
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2023; 13(3): 118-126 Published online Jun 20, 2023. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v13.i3.118
Table 1 Number of unique patients in the BUCharest – Acute Pancreatitis Index 1 – gastroenterology cohort
Type of disease
Number of episodes
Number of unique patients
AP & RAP
947
829
Acute-on-chronic pancreatitis
126
89
Total BUC-API 1 gastroenterology
1074
918
Table 2 Frequency of etiologies
Cause
Number of cases
Percent (%)
Alcohol
433
45.7
Idiopathic
155
16.4
Biliary
144
15.2
Hypertriglyceridemia
33
3.5
Diabetes mellitus
28
3.0
Pharmacological
25
2.6
Mixed (alcohol & biliary)
21
2.2
Mixed (alcohol & diabetes mellitus)
21
2.2
Mixed (alcohol & hypertriglyceridemia)
18
1.9
Mixed (hypertriglyceridemia & diabetes mellitus)
17
1.8
Ischemic
14
1.5
Extra pancreatic anomalies
13
1.4
Other (trauma, IBD, intrapancreatic anomalies etc.)
25
2.6
Table 3 Outcome at discharge
Outcome
Number of cases
Percent (%)
Healed
788
83.2
Discharge at will
78
8.2
Deceased
52
5.5
Transferred
26
2.7
Stationary
3
0.3
Table 4 Morphology
Morphology
Number of cases
Percent (%)
Interstitial
429
45.3
Normal pancreas
107
11.3
Acute peripancreatic fluid collection
70
7.4
Pseudocyst
52
5.5
Acute necrotic collection
33
3.5
Walled off necrosis
4
0.4
N/A
252
26.6
Citation: Ghiță AI, Pahomeanu MR, Negreanu L. Epidemiological trends in acute pancreatitis: A retrospective cohort in a tertiary center over a seven year period. World J Methodol 2023; 13(3): 118-126