CONUT score is associated with short-term prognosis in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a propensity score matching cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score was designed to assess the immune-nutritional status in patients. This study aimed to investigate the role of the CONUT score in the short-term prognosis of severe acute pancreatitis.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study. 488 patients with severe acute pancreatitis at the Department of Critical Care Medicine of the West China Hospital of Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) were enrolled in the study. Baseline data were collected from the West China Hospital of Sichuan University database. The primary outcome during follow-up was all-cause mortality. The secondary outcomes were 28 day mortality, renal insufficiency, length of stay (LOS) in the ICU, and length of stay (LOS) in the hospital. Patients were divi

SUBMITTER: Shi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10165630 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature