Clinical study of peritoneal dialysis treatment on severe acute pancreatitis

Objective To ivevstigate the feasibility, the effects and the therapy of peritoneal dialysis(PD) on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Method From January,2001 to Jaly 2006,48 patients of SAP were divided randomly into PD group and non-PD group in Qingzhou hospital. Both groups were treated by the conventional mode of therapy. In PD group , using the concept of PD,24 patients of SAP were treated with PD and NPD group were treated only with common therapy. The release time of abdominal pain and distention, CT scores, APACHE II scores, the time of hospital stay, cost of treatment in hospital, operative rate and rate of complications and recovered rate of the two groups were compared. Simutaneously. the concentration of serum and fluid filtrated inflammatory cytokines TNFα,IL-6,IL-8,IL-10 and CRP were also determined pro and post the therapy. Results In the PD and NPD group, the duration for disappear-ance of abdominal pain and tenderness,and amelioration for abdominal distension was (19.70 ±7.32) hvs. (81.46±36.68) h and (23.16±6.95) h vs.(78.19± 29.26) h;So that the PD group was precede to that in NPD group ( P \u003c 0.05). The concentration of serum and fluid filtrated pro-inflammatory cytokines TNFα, IL-6, IL-8 and CRP at each observation points after PD was decreased significantly (P \u003c0.05) in the PD group. But the concentration of the serum and fluid filtrated anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 was increased significantly (P \u003c 0.05) as compared with that of the NPD group. Conclusions Through PD, the imbalance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines has been corrected at early stage of SAP. But the PD is method that is easy, quick, small wou-ndell,few complicated and effective in patients with early-phase SAP, and will be of great value in wide application and further study.\r\n\r\nKey words: \r\nPeritoneal dialysis; Severe acute pancreatitis; Cytokines