Publications by authors named "D Mercut"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the survival outcomes of acute pancreatitis patients based on the timing of their diagnosis—pre-pandemic, during the pandemic, and with confirmed COVID-19 infection.
- A multicentric, retrospective case-control study matched 28 patients with both SARS-CoV-2 and acute pancreatitis against two groups of 56 patients with acute pancreatitis, one from before the pandemic and one during it.
- Findings revealed that patients with both conditions faced a six-fold higher risk of death compared to pre-pandemic cases, and pandemic-related delays in care increased the death risk three-fold for those with acute pancreatitis during the pandemic.
Aim: Corroborating the Ranson, Marshall, computer tomography severity index (EPIC score) multiparameter tests with the biological marker procalcitonin in order to establish the degree of severity of acute pancreatitis for therapeutic management and rate of complications.
Material And Method: 20 patients were surveyed, diagnosed with acute pancreatitis in the surgery clinic of the Military Emergency Hospital Dr. Ștefan Odobleja, between 2016-2017, with the aim of determining the clinical, etiological and severity diagnosis by corroborating the multiparameter scores with the plasma level of procalcitonin.
Aim: Highlighting certain characteristics of T- and B-lymphocytes, as well as of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) as a prognosis factors for patients suffering from acute pancreatitis, with the scope of establishing diagnosis and therapy.
Materials And Methods: Pancreatic tissue samples were analyzed, originating from 21 patients deceased due to acute pancreatitis, between the years 2015 and 2016. The study group was subdivided into two subgroups by pathology duration.
Aim: To establish a clinical severity diagnosis and a therapeutical strategy in acute pancreatitis (A.P.) by using multiparameter bioclinical and morphological scores.
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