Heart rate variability in acute pancreatitis: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a complex inflammatory disorder with potential systemic repercussions including sepsis, multiple organ failure and mortality. As such, the development of a prognostic tool to assess the complications and severity of AP is critical as urgent medical intervention is warranted in cases of severe AP to prevent complications and reduce mortality. Despite the plethora of scoring systems such as the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score available for prognostication of AP, they often require manual invasive blood testing and lack the ability to monitor the dynamic progression of the disease. To this end, heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of the autonomic nervous system's modulation on cardiac activity,

SUBMITTER: Liau MYQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11535813 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature