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Wenhao Zhang1, Jiakui Sun1, Xiao Shen1
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background:
To investigate the efficacy of percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and its underlying mechanism.
Methods:
Totally 64 SAP patients were included in our study and randomly assigned into PCD+PD group (the combination group, N.=32) and convention group (N.=32). SAP patients in the combination group were treated with percutaneous catheter drainage combined with peritoneal dialysis, while those in the convention group were treated with conventional method. The treatment efficacy of both methods were evaluated by comparing levels of plasma inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and leukocyte count), relative indexes of important organs (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, creatinine and urea nitrogen) and other clinical data (amelioration time of abdominal pain and abdominal distension, Balthazar CT scores, acute physiology and chronic health enquiry II score, length of hospital stay, complications and prognosis).
Results:
The expression levels of inflammatory cytokines were significantly decreased in the combination group in a time-dependent manner in comparison with those of the convention group. In addition, the amelioration time of abdominal pain and abdominal distension, length of hospital stay, Balthazar CT scores and the acute physiology and chronic health care II scores in the combination group were also significantly decreased in comparison with those of the convention group.
Conclusions:
The combination treatment of PCD and PD effectively relieves the clinical symptoms of SAP by clearing plasma inflammatory cytokines.
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