Outcome benefit of abdominal paracentesis drainage for severe acute pancreatitis patients with serum triglyceride elevation by decreasing serum lipid metabolites

Table 2 The primary clinical outcomes in the APD and non-APD groups

	APD group	Non-APD group	t or χ ²	P value
	n = 68	n = 64	value
Mortality rate	5/68 (7.35 %)	9/64 (14.06 %)	3.897	0.042^*
Hospital stay, days	52.78 ± 22.51	66.13 ± 33.07	4.587	0.037^*
Need for further intervention			3.901	0.048^*
Negative	23	12
Positive	45	52
PCD
Interval between the onset of symptoms and the first PCD insertion, days	34.18 ± 5.23	26.73 ± 6.05	6.437	<0.001^*
Duration of PCD, days	35.41 ± 7.57	39.37 ± 12.05	1.903	0.060
Total NO. Of PCD procedures per patient	4.57 ± 2.35	5.40 ± 2.19	1.799	0.075

Abbreviations: APD abdominal paracentesis drainage, PCD percutaneous catheter drainage
APD-group = patients in this group treated with APD; non-APD group = patients in this group treated without APD. ^*Significant difference

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