Endotoxemia predicts outcome in acute pancreatitis

JD Wig, R Kochhar, JD Ray, DVK Rao… - Journal of clinical …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
The incidence of complications of acute pancreatitis is high in patients with endotoxemia,
and so we determined the endotoxin levels in the blood and peritoneal fluid of patients with
acute severe pancreatitis to correlate the levels with any sequelae. Fourteen patients with
acute severe pancreatitis were examined with regard to clinical features, biochemical tests,
and laparotomy (n= 9). In all coagulation profiles, blood gas analysis, chest and abdominal x-
rays, ultrasound, and abdominal computed tomography scan (n= 10) were performed …