Backgrounds/aims: Improvement of efficiency of treatment of patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), complicated by acute respiratory distress-syndrome (ARDS).
Methods: The retrospective research of 67 SAP patients treated at the ICU of the NSSPCS has been conducted from 2008 to 2017. The basic criterion of patient inclusion was stable respiration impairment leading to hypoxia with PaO/FiO<300 mmHg that required mechanical ventilatory support.
Results: Pancreatitis-associated ARDS was diagnosed in 36 cases (53.7%). The most frequent clinical form (15 cases) was ARDS of moderate severity (41.5%). The total mortality due to pancreatitis-associated ARDS made 44.5%. Close relationship between ARDS severity and mortality was evident. All lethal outcomes occurred due to progressing multiple organ dysfunction. No deaths were caused by uncontrollable hypoxemia.
Conclusions: The research has confirmed the leading role of pancreatitis-associated ARDS in development and high mortality rate of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in SAP. Early recognition of the complication and application of ventilatory support techniques resulted in fast restoration of oxygenation and improvement of treatment efficiency.
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