Predictors and outcomes of acute respiratory failure in hospitalised patients with acute pancreatitis.
Mahesh GajendranBharat PrakashAbhilash PerisettiChandraprakash UmapathyVineet GuptaLaura CollinsPrashanth RawlaPriyadarshini LoganathanAlok DwivediChristopher DodooFortune UnegbuDan SchullerHemant GoyalShreyas SaligramPublished in: Frontline gastroenterology (2020)
In this study, we demonstrate that ARF is a significant risk factor for increased hospital mortality, greater length of stay and higher hospitalisation charges in patients with AP. This underlines significantly higher resource utilisation in patients with a dual diagnosis of AP-ARF.