[Influence of age on severe pancreatitis]

Eighty-four patients of severe pancreatitis were divided by different line of age and the mortality of patients with severe pancreatitis above and below the line was comared. The results showed that the 60-year of age was the age with the lowest mortality. The analysis of 35 patients with severe pancreatitis who were older than 60 years of age indicated that multiple gallstones was the most common cause initiating the disease. The common severe concurrent diseases were hypertension, coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease, and respiratory disease. Common organ failures were ARDS, shock and heart failure. The number of failed organs in elderly patients in the fifth and seventh day after admission was obviously more than that in young patients.