Charles Fisher Pridvi Kandagatla Arielle H Gupta Daniyal Abbas Beatrice Knisely Rachel Cho Nathan Schmoekel Jerry Stassinopoulos
Henry Ford Health System
05-01-2019
Introduction: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis. However, limited literature exists pertaining to patient characteristics that can help predict..
Introduction: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis. However, limited literature exists pertaining to patient characteristics that can help predict the development of ARDS among patients with acute pancreatitis. Sarcopenia, based on psoas muscle area on imaging, has been predictive of outcomes after surgery. We hypothesized that sarcopenia would correlate with development of ARDS in patients admitted for acute pancreatitis. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of patients that were admitted to the ICU for acute pancreatitis at our institution. Patients that did not have a CT of their abdomen were excluded from the study. Patient characteristics including demographics, medical history, BMI, labs at admission, and functional status were collected. An average psoas muscle area for each patient was calculated at the level of L3 and standardized to their height. Sarcopenia was determined by gender-based cutoffs of the psoas areas. We then performed both univariate and multivariate analysis to determine significant covariates in the development of ARDS. Results: We included 218 patients in the study. Of these patients, 32 (14.7%) developed ARDS. In univariate analysis, there was no significant difference in the proportion of patients with ARDS that were sarcopenic (50.0% vs 35.7%, p = 0.12). The mean age was significantly higher in those that developed ARDS (58.0 vs 47.3, p