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Vol. 165. Issue 4.
(October 2025)
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Vol. 165. Issue 4.
(October 2025)
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The severity and outcomes in acute pancreatitis do not differ between the elderly and non-elderly patients: Experience in a clinical tertiary center
La gravedad de la pancreatitis aguda no difiere en función de la edad. Experiencia en un hospital terciario
María-Lourdes Ruiz-Rebolloa,
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ruizrebollo@hotmail.com

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, María-Fe Muñoz-Morenob
a Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
b Unidad de Apoyo a la Investigación, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
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Table 1. Baseline clinical, demographic, radiological and laboratory parameters of the two study populations before and after propensity score matching.
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Abstract
Background

Acute pancreatitis can affect elderly people. Conflicting results have been published regarding the role of age in the course of this life-threatening disease.

Aim

To assess the clinical outcomes of acute pancreatitis in geriatric population compared to younger patients.

Patients and methods

retrospective observational study which includes patients admitted for acute pancreatitis to our Unit between 2014 and 2022. Two groups were created and compared, elderly patients (≥65 years) and young patients (<65 years). Clinical, demographic, analytical and radiological data were obtained from both cohorts. Primary endpoint was comparison of severity among both groups. Secondary endpoints included organ failure, local and systemic complications, length of hospital stay, intensive care unit admission, procedural interventions and mortality. Univariate and logistic regression were performed. A propensity score analysis was also used to minimize selection bias.

Results

We analysed 832 patients (546 ≥65 years and 286 patients <65 years). A higher mortality rate (4.95% vs. 1.05%, p=0.004), organ failure (12.82% vs. 6.29%, p=0.004) and systemic complications (21.25% vs. 14.34%, p=0.016) were observed in the elderly group on univariate analysis; however, multivariate logistic regression analysis and propensity score matched analysis failed to detect any differences among both groups.

Conclusions

In our series patients ≥65 years-old did not suffered from more severe episodes of acute pancreatitis. In our study, age was not associated with worse clinical outcomes.

Keywords:
Pancreatitis
Elderly
Outcome
Human
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Antecedentes

La pancreatitis aguda es una de las causas más frecuentes de ingreso hospitalario y puede afectar a pacientes ancianos. En la literatura, existen datos contradictorios sobre el papel que la edad juega en la evolución de esta entidad.

Objetivo

Comparar la gravedad y la evolución clínica de la pancreatitis aguda en la población geriátrica respecto a la población joven.

Pacientes y método

Estudio observacional, retrospectivo que incluye los pacientes ingresados por Pancreatitis Aguda en nuestra Unidad entre 2014-2022. Se crearon y compararon dos grupos: pacientes ancianos (≥65 años) and pacientes jóvenes (<65 años). Se recogieron datos clínicos, demográficos, analíticos y radiológicos de ambos grupos. El objetivo principal fue comparar la gravedad de la pancreatitis aguda entre los dos grupos. Como objetivos secundarios, estudiamos: fracaso orgánico, complicaciones locales y sistémicas, estancia hospitalaria, ingreso en UCI, necesidad de intervencionismo y mortalidad. Se realizaron análisis uni y multivariado así como un propensity score matching análisis para minimizar riesgos de selección.

Resultados

Analizamos 832 pacientes (546 pacientes ≥65 años y 286 pacientes <65 años). En el análisis univariado encontramos que la población ≥65 años tenía una tasa mayor de mortalidad (4.95% vs. 1.05% p=0.004), fallo orgánico (12.82% vs. 6.29% p=0.004) y complicaciones sistémicas (21.25% vs. 14.34% p=0.016) que los pacientes <65 años; sin embargo, ni en la regresión logística ni en el análisis propensity score matching encontramos ninguna diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre ambos grupos.

Conclusiones

En nuestra serie, los pacientes ≥65 años no sufren episodios más graves de pancreatitis aguda que los pacientes <65 años. En este estudio, la edad tampoco se asoció a una peor evolución clínica.

Palabras clave:
Pancreatitis
Ancianos
Evolución clínica
Humans

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