Clinical-surgycal characterization of patients with acute pancreatitis

Abstract

Introduction: feared by all doctors, acute pancreatitis is one of the most frequent causes of sudden abdominal pain that enters the surgical ward corps and requires urgent hospitalization and hospitalization in intensive care. Objective: to characterize patients with acute pancreatitis in a Havana hospital in 2023. Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in the population attended in the emergency surgery service belonging to the 10 de Octubre Clinical-Surgical Teaching Hospital, located in the province of Havana, Cuba, during the year 2023. Results: a predominance of women (n = 4), mestizo complexion (n = 5), the most frequent toxic habit was tobacco consumption by smokers (n = 7), the most frequent etiology was biliary lithiasis (n = 6), 9 patients presented with jaundice. Pain in the right hypochondrium was more frequent (n = 6), according to the Atlanta classification the severe form predominated (n = 6), according to the pathological classification the interstitial edematous form predominated (n = 5), Most of the patients had an uncomplicated course. There were only 2 reoperations and 2 deaths. Conclusions: the incidence of acute pancreatitis in its severe form is predominantly high in females as a complication of gallstones, in addition to associated risk factors and associated local or systemic complications.