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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to the ED a

From: Derivation and validation of the ED-SAS score for very early prediction of mortality and morbidity with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective observational study

 

Derivation Cohort

N = 599

Validation Cohort

N = 2011

Gender, n (%)

 Male

316 (52.8)

977 (48.6)

 Female

283 (47.3)

1034 (51.4)

Mean Age, years (SD)

53.4 (17.4)

56.1 (17.8)

Race, n (%)

 Black

81 (13.5)

487 (24.2)

 White

501 (83.6)

1359 (67.5)

Other

16 (2.7)

165 (8.2)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Hispanic

548 (6.2)

79 (3.9)

 Non-Hispanic

562 (93.8)

1886 (93.8)

 Unknown

54 (9.0)

20 (1.0)

Vitals, mean (SD)

 Heart Rate, bpm

91.2 (20.1)

87.9 (20.2)

 Respiratory Rate, breath/min

18.4 (2.9)

18.5 (5.1)

 Temperature, °C

36.7 (0.6)

36.6 (0.6)

 SpO2, %

97.5 (2.7)

97.4 (2.5)

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Cancer

128 (27.83)

171 (13.96)

 Stroke

85 (18.48)

120 (9.8)

 Congestive Heart Failure

110 (23.91)

250 (20.41)

 Dementia

5 (1.09)

90 (7.35)

 Diabetes Mellitus

151 (32.83)

443 (36.16)

 Myocardial Infarction

54 (11.74)

185 (15.1)

 Chronic Kidney Disease

112 (24.35)

323 (26.37)

 COPD

138 (30.00)

463 (37.8)

Additional Predictive Variables

 Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD)

2.6 (2.3)

3.3 (3.7)

 ≥2 SIRS criteria, n (%)b

182 (30.4)

512 (25.5)

 SpO2 < 96%, n (%)

96 (16.0)

336 (16.7)

 WBC > 12 × 109/L, n (%)

259 (43.2)

740 (36.8)

 Hematocrit > 44%, n (%)

108 (18.0)

601 (29.9)

  1. aAdditional parameters were not available in the data set; bPresence of 2 or more of the following: fever > 38.0 °C or hypothermia < 36.0 °C, tachycardia > 90 beats/minute, tachypnea > 20 breaths/minute, leukocytosis > 12*10 [9]/L, or leucopoenia < 4*10 [9]/L.
  2. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome; WBC white blood cells