Table 5 Comparison of clinical outcomes among the four group
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* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intensive care utilization [n(%)] | 40(27.0)bcd | 27(41.5)ad | 13(59.1)a | 30(60.0)ab | 110(38.6) | < 0.001 |
Hospital stay [d mean ± SD] | 21.95 ± 24.59bd | 55.58 ± 36.24acd | 31.27 ± 31.06bd | 68.28 ± 51.80abc | 38.45 ± 38.91 | < 0.001 |
Surgical complications [n(%)] | ||||||
 None | 144(97.3)bcd | 55(84.6)ad | 18(81.8)a | 32(64.0)ab | 249(87.4) | < 0.001 |
 Intraabdominal hemorrhage | 4(2.7) | 5(7.7) | 3(13.6) | 13(26.0) | 25(8.8) |  |
 Gastrointestinal fistula | 0(0.0) | 4(6.2) | 0(0.0) | 3(6.0) | 7(2.5) |  |
 Pancreatic encephalopathy | 0(0.0) | 1(1.5) | 1(4.5) | 2(4.0) | 4(1.4) |  |
Mortality [n(%)] | 9(6.1)cd | 6(9.2)d | 4(18.2)a | 12(24.0)ab | 31(10.9) | 0.003 |