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Dr Lihui Deng and colleagues studied the association of binge drinking and the outcomes of severe acute pancreatitis.
The research team studied 347 patients with first-attack severe acute pancreatitis from 2001 to 2004.
On the basis of the history of binge drinking or not, the patients were divided into the alcohol and the control groups.
Clinical data of the 2 groups were compared.
Patient age and comorbidity were similar between the 2 groups.
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| Total mortality was higher in the alcohol group |
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The research team found that there were more men than women in the alcohol and the control groups.
The researchers noted that the 2 groups had significant differences in admission serum triglyceride levels, Balthazar computed tomographic score, and Acute Physiology and Chronic Heath Evaluation II score.
The team observed that total mortality and the incidences of complications were higher in the alcohol group than in the control group.
Dr Deng's team commented, "Binge drinking might be a contributor to the aggravation of first-attack severe acute pancreatitis."
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