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Table 5 Results of blood and drain tests on postoperative day 2

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)

13.9 (7.9–29.0)

12.2 (5.6–35.6)

0.170

Cre (mg/dl)

0.87 (0.50–1.26)

0.70 (0.34–5.40)

0.069

T. bil (mg/dl)

1.0 (0.6–4.4)

1.1 (0.3–4.2)

0.661

AST (U/L)

59 (30–256)

56 (20–618)

0.587

ALT (U/L)

51 (13–305)

49 (12–983)

0.909

Cholinesterase (U/L)

124 (90–188)

158 (57–277)

0.059

Alb (g/dl)

2.6 (2.0–3.2)

2.6 (2.0–3.4)

0.410

WBC (/µl)

10,300 (6390–20,870)

11,725 (5710–19,860)

0.740

Hb (g/dl)

11.2 (9.1–14.4)

11.2 (8.0–15.3)

0.944

PLT ( ×104/µl)

17.4 (8.1–38.1)

16.1 (6.8–51.1)

0.637

CRP (mg/dl)

22.17 (12.87–29.54)

14.46 (2.63–28.25)

0.006

Max Drain amylase (U/L)#

3575 (448–22,900)

3965 (55–41,770)

0.834

Total drain amylase (U)†

428 (51.2–2133)

213 (17.5–2173)

0.306

  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