Methods: We reviewed a total of 191 cases of SAP patients admitted to the intensive care unit

of Xijing hospital between Feb 2010 and Apr 2012. From the 191 cases, we identified the patients who received EPCD and classified them into the failure group and the success group according to whether EPCD failed. Failure of EPCD was defined as the need of additional surgery or death. We analyzed the feasibility, safety and efficacy of EPCD and the factors determining the failure of EPCD. Results: There were 17 necrotizing patients receiving EPCD. Thirteen of the 17 patients got gastrointestinal function recovered (GIF score < 2) within 3 days after early PCD. Of the 17 patients, 10 (59%) developed infectious complication, 7 (41%) with infected http://www.selleckchem.com/products/pexidartinib-plx3397.html necrosis, 2 (12%) with bacteremia, 4 (24%) with pneumonia. Two (12%) patients

needed additional surgery. Two (12%) patients died. There were 4 patients in the failure group and 13 patients in the success group. APACHE-II Afatinib concentration score before EPCD was higher in the failure group than the success group (17.3 ± 7.1 vs. 10.5 ± 3.2, P = 0.015). Conclusion: EPCD of peripancreatic collections was feasible and safe in necrotizing pancreatitis. It might improve gastrointestinal function and reduce the rates of bacteremia, pneumonia, the need of surgery and death. It seemed that EPCD increased the risk of the infection of necrosis which could be easily controlled by conservative treatment. High APACHE-II score predicted the failure of EPCD. Our conclusion remains to be evaluated by further well-designed trials. Key Word(s): 1. Acute Pancreatitis; 2. gut failure; 3. Catheter Drainage; Presenting Author: XUJIE ZHANG Additional Authors: BIN XU, JUNJIE ZHU, QUANXIN FENG, CAILIN ZHU, BIN BAI, QINGCHUAN ZHAO Corresponding Author: QINGCHUAN ZHAO Affiliations: Fourth Military Medical University Objective: To our knowledge, the predictors

for the prognosis of acute pancreatitis still can not satisfy clinical practice. This study was to investigate whether 5-grade scoring system for assessment of gastrointestinal function (the Gastrointestinal Failure [GIF] scores) could be used to predict the mortality of patients with acute pancreatitis (AP). Methods: Two hundred medchemexpress forty-one patients with AP admitted into the intensive care unit of the Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases from September 2008 to April 2012 were studied retrospectively. SOFA scores and GIF scores for the first 3 days were calculated. The AUC of ROC was used to evaluate the ability of SOFA scores, GIF scores and the combination of SOFA and GIF scores in predicting the mortality of AP patients. Results: A total of 235 patients were included in the final analysis. A high mean GIF score during the first 3 days was associated with a high rate of mortality. The combination of SOFA and GIF scores had the greatest AUC (0.849), significantly higher than SOFA scores (0.793, P = 0.002) alone. The AUC of GIF scores alone was 0.812.