Biomedicines (Jun 2024)

Alcoholic Acute Pancreatitis, a Retrospective Study about Clinical Risk Factors and Outcomes—A Seven-Year Experience of a Large Tertiary Center

  • Deniz Gűnșahin,
  • Andrei Vicențiu Edu,
  • Mihai Radu Pahomeanu,
  • Tudor Ștefan Mitu,
  • Andreea Irina Ghiță,
  • Anamaria Simona Odorog,
  • Carmen Monica Preda,
  • Lucian Negreanu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12061299
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
p. 1299

Abstract

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(1) Background: Alcohol consumption is one of the main causes of acute pancreatitis. (2) Material and Methods: In this unicentric retrospective cohort study, we selected 1855 patients from the Bucharest Acute Pancreatitis Index (BUC-API) who presented with acute pancreatitis. We investigated correlations between Alcoholic Acute Pancreatitis (AAP) and the rate of complications, cost, length of hospitalization and rate of recurrence. (3) Results: We found a moderately strong association between AAP and recurrence (p p p p < 0.01). (4) Conclusions: This study’s data show that patients with AAP have a greater rate of pseudocyst occurrence, lower intensive care unit admittance rate and lower cost of hospitalization than patients with AP of other causes. Typical Sketch: A middle-aged male tobacco smoker with recurrent AP, lower risk of in-hospital mortality and complications such as pseudocysts; treated in a gastroenterological ward and discharged at-will.

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