Prevalence and characteristics of acute biliary pancreatitis in patients at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital 2014-2017

Abstract

Objective: to identify the prevalence and characteristics of acute biliary pancreatitis in patients at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in the period 2014-2017 in Cuenca city.

Methodology: it is a descriptive study with a sample of 207 clinical records of patients diagnosed with acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) in the services of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM), in the period 2014-2017. The information was collected in a form prepared by the authors and analyzed with the SPSS version 19.0 program through frequency distributions, percentages and means.

Results: the prevalence of BAP was 2.11 cases per 1i000 patients attended in the clinical, emergency and surgery services. The 79.7% presented a mild complication, 15.9% moderately severe, and 4.3% severe. A total of 99% of patients have abdominal pain. The most frequent local complication with 11.1%, was the acute liquid collection. The 17.9% presented organ failure, 12.6% was transitory and 5.3% persistent. The 94.7% required surgical management, in 100% of cases clinical treatment was used. The 98.06% of patients showed improvement, 0.96% complications and 0.96% died.

Conclusions: the results obtained show that the prevalence of BAP in the HVCM is 2.11 cases per 1i000 patients attended, predominantly female, abdominal pain was the most frequent symptom, clinical management was used in all cases and the surgical in 94.7%.