From: The impacts of infectious complications on outcomes in acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study
 | Sterile group (n = 148) | Pancreatic infection group (n = 65) | Extrapancreatic infection group (n = 22) | Combined infection group (n = 50) | Total (n = 285) | P* |
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Nutritional support [n(%)] | ||||||
 Parenteral nutrition only | 89(60.1)bd | 17(26.2)a | 8(36.4) | 6 (12)a | 120(42.1) | < 0.001 |
 Enteral and parenteral nutrition | 53(35.8)bd | 43(66.2)a | 14(63.6) | 41(82.0)a | 151(53.0) | < 0.001 |
Antibiotics duration [d, mean ± SD] | 9.53 ± 6.04bd | 22.34 ± 13.56ad | 17.32 ± 20.12d | 40.32 ± 32.06abc | 18.46 ± 19.92 | < 0.001 |
Mechanical ventilation[n(%)] | 29(19.6)cd | 18(27.7)cd | 12(54.5)ab | 25(50.0)ab | 84(29.5) | < 0.001 |
Extent of necrosis[n(%)] | ||||||
  < 30% | 99(66.9)bd | 15(23.1)ac | 14(63.6)bd | 10(20)ac | 138(48.4) | < 0.001 |
 30-50% | 31(20.9) | 23(35.4) | 5(22.7) | 16(32) | 75(26.3) |  |
  > 50% | 18(12.2) | 27(41.5) | 3(13.7) | 24(48) | 72(25.3) |  |
Surgical intervention(times/case) | ||||||
 PCD | 0.97 ± 0.84bd | 1.95 ± 1.37ac | 0.86 ± 1.04bd | 2.38 ± 1.74ac | 1.44 ± 1.32 | < 0.001 |
 Surgical debridement* | 0.07 ± 0.57bd | 0.83 ± 1.34ac | 0.18 ± 0.85bd | 1.14 ± 1.97ac | 0.44 ± 1.22 | < 0.001 |