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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Sanjay PandanaboyanaORCiD, Venkatesh Kanakala
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Objective: There is emerging evidence that the pancreas may be a target organ of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) and coexistent SARS-CoV-2 infection. Design: A prospective international multicentre cohort study including consecutive patients admitted with AP during the current pandemic was undertaken. Primary outcome measure was severity of AP. Secondary outcome measures were aetiology of AP, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, length of hospital stay, local complications, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), persistent organ failure and 30-day mortality. Multilevel logistic regression was used to compare the two groups. Results: 1777 patients with AP were included during the study period from 1 March to 23 July 2020. 149 patients (8.3%) had concomitant SARS-CoV-2 infection. Overall, SARS-CoV-2-positive patients were older male patients and more likely to develop severe AP and ARDS (p<0.001). Unadjusted analysis showed that SARS-CoV-2-positive patients with AP were more likely to require ICU admission (OR 5.21, p<0.001), local complications (OR 2.91, p<0.001), persistent organ failure (OR 7.32, p<0.001), prolonged hospital stay (OR 1.89, p<0.001) and a higher 30-day mortality (OR 6.56, p<0.001). Adjusted analysis showed length of stay (OR 1.32, p<0.001), persistent organ failure (OR 2.77, p<0.003) and 30-day mortality (OR 2.41, p<0.04) were significantly higher in SARS-CoV-2 co-infection. Conclusion: Patients with AP and coexistent SARS-CoV-2 infection are at increased risk of severe AP, worse clinical outcomes, prolonged length of hospital stay and high 30-day mortality.
Author(s): Pandanaboyana S, Moir J, Leeds JS, Oppong K, Kanwar A, Marzouk A, Belgaumkar A, Gupta A, Siriwardena AK, Haque AR, Ivanov B, Parmar C, Halloran CM, Caruana C, Borg CM, Gomez D, Damaskos D, Karavias D, Finch G, Ebied H, Pine JK, Skipworth JRA, Milburn J, Latif J, Apollos JR, Kafsi JE, Windsor JA, Roberts K, Wang K, Ravi K, Coats MV, Hollyman M, Phillips M, Okocha M, Wilson MSJ, Ameer NA, Kumar N, Shah N, Lapolla P, Magee C, Al-Sarireh B, Lunevicius R, Benhmida R, Singhal R, Balachandra S, Atici SD, Jaunoo S, Dwerryhouse S, Boyce T, Charalampakis V, Kanakala V, Abbas Z, Nayar M, Collaborative Covidpan
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Gut
Year: 2021
Volume: 70
Issue: 6
Pages: 1061-1069
Print publication date: 07/05/2021
Online publication date: 05/02/2021
Acceptance date: 11/01/2021
Date deposited: 08/02/2021
ISSN (print): 0017-5749
ISSN (electronic): 1468-3288
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323364
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323364
PubMed id: 33547182
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