Insulin Use Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study
Juan-juan Dai,
Yan He,
Gang Ma
et al.
Abstract:Background Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) has a mortality of 30% with no current targeted therapy. The potential protective effect of insulin on AP has been reported and needs to be confirmed. Thus, we aim to examine the effect of insulin treatment on the outcome of AP patients. Methods A retrospective study was performed using data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) database. Kruskal–Wallis test, t-tests, and Pearson's chi-squared test were used to compare differences between groups… Show more
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