Clinical-surgical characterization of patients with acute pancreatitis, Guantánamo 2016-2020

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pancreatitis, surgery, diagnosis, acute abdomen

Abstract

Introduction: acute pancreatitis is a medical and surgical health problem at worldwide. In Guantanamo, there is not studies found related to patients with the over mentioned clinical and surgical characteristics.

Objective: characterization, from a clinical and surgical perspective, of patients with acute pancreatitis attended at the Hospital General Docente “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo province, Cuba, throughout 2016 to 2020.

Method: a descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was carried out in 86 discharged patients. Variables used were as follow: age, sex, classification, etiology, diagnostic, treatment, pancreatitis complications, stay, evolution and, others. The clinical outcomes assumed at admission time were as follow: glycemia, calcaemia, amylasemia, abdominal ultrasound diagnosis and abdominal computed tomography.

Results: the mean age of the group studied was 53.8 ± 18.6 years. Early stage acute pancreatitis (70.9 %), interstitial edematous (90.7 %), severe pancreatitis (51.2 %) and, biliary pancreatitis (32.6 %) were more frequent. Abdominal pain in the patients studied (100 %) was the main symptom. Hyperamylasemia was present in 77.9 %. The 77.4 % of the patients showed abnormalities in ultrasound and 73.3 % at the Computed tomography of the pancreas. The most frequently performed surgical treatment was necrosectomy and closed abdomen (60.4 %). The 100 % of the patients admitted presented some complications. The term of stay in admission was 11.0±7.2 days.

Conclusions: acute pancreatitis as a health problem commonly arises in its severe form, characterized by the presence of lithiasis in the biliary tract and the high frequency of complications.

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Author Biographies

Fidel Alejandro Abad-Miranda, Hospital General Docente "Dr. Agostinho Neto", Guantánamo

Especialista de Primer Grado en Cirugía General. Instructor.

Reinaldo Elias-Sierra, Hospital General Docente "Dr. Agostinho Neto", Guantánamo

Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas. Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias. Profesor e Investigador Titular.

Ana Amelia Rubio-García, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Guantánamo

Doctora en Medicina. Residente de Segundo Año en Anatomía Humana.

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Published

2022-10-21

How to Cite

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Abad-Miranda FA, Elias-Sierra R, Rubio-García AA. Clinical-surgical characterization of patients with acute pancreatitis, Guantánamo 2016-2020. Rev Inf Cient [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 21 [cited 2025 Apr. 4];101(5):e3880. Available from: https://revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/3880