Table 1 Comparison of centres based on the presence of discharge protocol worldwide and in Hungary.
From: Discharge protocol in acute pancreatitis: an international survey and cohort analysis
International | Hungarian | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protocol | No-protocol | p values | Protocol | No-protocol | p values | |
Patient number | 1754 | 12,176 | NA | 688 | 941 | NA |
Length of hospitalization | ||||||
n (%not missing) | 1754 (100) | 12,146 (97.8) | 688 (100) | 920 (97.8) | ||
mean (SD) | 8.55 (8.12) | 11.75 (14.30) | 8.20 (7.71) | 13.04 (15.80) | ||
median (Q1; Q3) | 7 (5; 10.) | 8 (5;12) | < 0.0011 | 6 (5; 9) | 10 (7;15) | < 0.0011 |
Discharge CRP | ||||||
n (%not missing) | 1124 (64.1) | 8102 (67.2) | 688 (100) | 482 (51.2) | ||
mean (SD) | 54.31 (61.99) | 48.61 (61.95) | 48.31 (46.38) | 47.41 (59.82) | ||
median (Q1; Q3) | 29.75 (9.26, 80.00) | 28.50 (11.80, 58.40) | 0.5861 | 35.40 (13.78, 68.40) | 22.88 (8.80, 62.03) | 0.0031 |
Readmission within 1 month | ||||||
n (%not missing) | 1727 (98.4) | 11,829 (97.2) | 688 (100) | 609 (64.7) | ||
readmission n (%) | 167 (9.7%) | 1101 (9.3%) | 0.6292 | 35 (5.09%) | 114 (19%) | < 0.0012 |
Not pancreas related | 62 (3.6%) | 309 (2.6%) | 0.0052 | 12 (1.7%) | 67 (11%) | < 0.0012 |
Complication of index AP | 39 (2.3%) | 275 (2.3%) | 4 (0.6%) | 24 (3.9%) | ||
Recurrent episode of AP | 48 (2.8%) | 464 (3.9%) | 19 (2.7%) | 23 (3.8%) | ||
