Respiratory failure in acute pancreatitis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1977 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Intensive Care Medicine, volume 3, pages 97-98 (issn: 0342-4642, eissn: 1432-1238,

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Authors: R, Talvik; A, Liigant; H M, Sissak; N, O'Konnel-Bronina;

doi: 10.1007/bf01683069

pmid: 893780

Respiratory failure in acute pancreatitis

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Marked respiratory insufficiency was established in 20 of 91 patients with acute pancreatitis. 16 of them died, 12 from uncontrollable hypoxaemia. At postmortem the most prominent finding was microatelectasis, the occurrence of which correlated highly with the serum amylase activity.

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Tartu University Hospital
Estonia
University of Tartu
Estonia

Keywords

Pulmonary Atelectasis, Pancreatitis, Acute Disease, Amylases, Humans, Blood Coagulation Disorders, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiratory Function Tests

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