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- Title
ОСОБЕНОСТИ НА ОСТРИЯ ПАНКРЕАТИТ ПРИ ВЪЗРАСТНИ ПАЦИЕНТИ.
- Authors
Стефанов, Я.; Чаушев, Д.; Маджова, В.
- Abstract
Population aging is a difficult medico-social problem, which continues to be relevant to this day and still does not find a sufficiently adequate solution. This is due to the complex influence of a large number of factors on the state of health of people, the increased morbidity and mortality from both the common and relatively rare diseases. The diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is generally accepted based on acute abdominal pain consistent with the disease, more than three-fold elevations in serum lipase and/or amylase, and abdominal imaging, which is particularly helpful in atypical laboratory findings. The object of the present study were 29 patients with acute pancreatitis, 16 of whom are men and 13 women, hospitalized as an emergency and operated on in the Second Clinic of Surgery at the Department of Surgical Diseases at UMHAT „Sveta Marina“ – Varna. All hospitalized patients underwent routine clinical, laboratory and imaging tests. The following statistical methods were used for analysis and interpretation of the obtained data: alternative analysis, variation analysis, correlation analysis, univariate logistic regression analysis. We analyzed a constellation of indicators characterizing some of the important peculiarities of the diagnosis and treatment of these patients with an emphasis on the role of General Practitioners, with the aim of increasing the efficiency and improving the quality of medical care for this specific contingent of the population. The clinical picture of acute pancreatitis in the elderly differs from the typical one. A striking abrupt onset, with low-intensity epigastric pain and vomiting are key in diagnosing the disease.
- Publication
General Medicine / Obsta Medicina, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 1, p26
- ISSN
1311-1817
- Publication type
Article