Pancreatitis outcome stratified by underlying biliary entity
| Sludge-AP (n=50) | Microlithiasis-AP (n=43) | Gallstone-AP (n=84) | P value | |
| Severity (RAC), N (%) | 0.40 | |||
| Mild | 27 (54.0) | 29 (67.44) | 42 (50.0) | |
| Moderate | 18 (36.0) | 10 (23.25) | 34 (40.47) | |
| Severe | 5 (10.0) | 4 (9.3) | 8 (9.52) | |
| SIRS at admission, N (%) | 4 (8.0) | 2 (4.65) | 11 (13.09) | 0.28 |
| SIRS at hospital stay, N (%) | 8 (16) | 5 (11.62) | 16 (19.04) | 0.56 |
| Length of hospital stay (mean±SD in days) | 14.7±17.15 | 13.14±10.68 | 12.31±11.45 | 0.59 |
| IMC stay, N (%) | 5 (10.0) | 9 (20.1) | 17 (20.23) | 0.25 |
| ICU stay, N (%) | 5 (10.0) | 3 (6.9) | 8 (10.0) | 0.79 |
| ERCP, N (%) | 18 (36) | 20 (46.51) | 46 (54.76) | 0.18 |
| Concrement extraction rate, N (%) | 15 (75.0) | 12 (54.5) | 35 (72.9) | 0.24 |
| Post-ERCP pancreatitis rate | 0/18 (0) | 2/20 (10) | 0/84 (0) | 0.64 |
| Mortality, N (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.19) | 0.57 |
| Cholecystectomy | ||||
| Yes | 21 (42.0) | 25 (58.13) | 46 (54.76) | 0.10 |
| No | 24 (48.0) | 11 (25.58) | 23 (27.38) | |
| Unknown | 5 (10.0) | 7 (16.27) | 15 (17.85) |
AP, acute pancreatitis; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; ICU, intensive care unit; IMC, intermediate care unit ; RAC, revised Atlanta classification; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.