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Table 6 Results of blood and drain tests on postoperative day 3

From: The cholinesterase and C-reactive protein score is a potential predictor of pseudoaneurysm formation after pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients with soft pancreas

 

PAG

N = 11

NPAG

N = 54

p-value

BUN (mg/dl)

13.8 (11.7–25.5)

12.9 (6.1–63.6)

0.241

Cre (mg/dl)

0.74 (0.57–1.15)

0.60 (0.33–6.91)

0.076

T. bil (mg/dl)

0.8 (0.5–6.4)

0.9 (0.2–5.0)

0.611

AST (U/L)

37 (18–132)

35 (14–244)

0.937

ALT (U/L)

36 (17–196)

38 (11–464)

0.707

Cholinesterase (U/L)

111 (65–168)

145 (61–270)

0.031

Alb (g/dl)

2.4 (1.8–2.8)

2.5 (2.0–3.1)

0.172

WBC (/µl)

9590 (7310–19,500)

10,070 (4860–16,270)

0.958

Hb (g/dl)

10.4 (8.7–15.2)

10.8 (8.5–14.8)

0.720

PLT ( ×104/µl)

18.1 (7.4–42.1)

17.1 (7.5–49.7)

0.766

CRP (mg/dl)

20.93 (15.54–32.68)

14.79 (3.75–32.68)

0.007

Max Drain amylase (U/L)#

1960 (186–10,320)

1644 (24–17,650)

0.913

Total drain amylase (U)†

80.8 (27.4–304)

76.0 (5.8–1287)

0.832

  1. CRP: C-reactive protein, NPAG: non-PA formation group PAG: PA formation group
  2. # Max drain amylase was the highest level from the operatively placed abdominal drains
  3. † Total drain amylase was the sum of each drain amylase value * drain output