Combination of APACHE-II score and an obesity score (APACHE-O) for the prediction of severe acute pancreatitis
Johnson, C.D., Toh, S.K. and Campbell, M.J. (2004) Combination of APACHE-II score and an obesity score (APACHE-O) for the prediction of severe acute pancreatitis. Pancreatology, 4, (1), 1-6. (doi:10.1159/000077021).
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Description/Abstract
Background:
The advent of specific therapeutic or preventive treatments for severe acute pancreatitis creates a need to determine the risk of complications for each individual. Scoring systems used in acute pancreatitis identify groups of patients at risk of complications, but the pancreatitis-specific scores require 48 h of hospital admission to give full information. The APACHE-II score is useful within 24 h, but ignores simple clinical features, such as obesity, known to predict severity. The aim of this study was to evaluate a combination of the APACHE-II score with an obesity score in patients with acute pancreatitis, to predict severity using information available during the first 24 h of hospital admission.
Methods:
Data were collected prospectively from 186 consecutive patients with acute pancreatitis, to allow calculation of the APACHE-II score and body mass index (BMI). BMI was categorised as normal (score = 0), overweight (BMI 26-30: score = 1), or obese (BMI >30: score = 2). A logistic regression model was used to identify factors significantly associated with complications (Atlanta criteria; 104 complications in 60 patients).
Results:
Age, BMI and the acute physiology score independently predicted complications. Addition of the score for obesity to the APACHE-II score gave a composite score (APACHE-O) with greater predictive accuracy. At cut-off of >8, APACHE-O had sensitivity 82%, specificity 86%, positive predictive value 74%, negative predictive value 91% and overall accuracy 85%.
Conclusions:
This study confirms that age, obesity and APACHE-II measured in the first 24 h of hospital admission can predict complications in acute pancreatitis. Combination of the APACHE-II and obesity scores by simple addition improved categorical prediction of severity (mild or severe) in patients with acute pancreatitis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1424-3903 (print) |
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| Keywords: | apache scores, pancreatitis, obesity, body mass index |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Q Science > QP Physiology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Cancer Sciences |
| Item ID: | 26406 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 02:02 |
| Contributors: | Johnson, C.D. (Author) Toh, S.K. (Author) Campbell, M.J. (Author) |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | c.d.johnson@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/26406 |
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