Acute pancreatitis associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a cohort study of 346 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the prevalence, risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of acute pancreatitis (AP) in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).

Methods

All patients diagnosed with HFRS admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University from January 2013 to July 2020 were enrolled. Patients with and without AP were compared by two risk stratification models: (1) a multivariate regression analysis using propensity score to adjust for confounding and (2) a propensity-matched nested case-control study.

Results

A total of 346 patients were enrolled in the cohort study, 29 of whom (8.4%) were diagnosed as AP. There was no significant difference between patients with and without AP with regards to common risk factors an

SUBMITTER: Guo Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967104 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature