Effect of Ageing on Systemic Inflammatory Response in Acute Pancreatitis

Table 1

Effect of ageing on acute pancreatic inflammation.

	Young	Elderly	references
Mortality	↑	↑↑	[33]
Organ failure	↑	↑↑	[20]
Local complications	↑	↑	[37, 38]
Bacterial translocation	↑	↑↑	*
Systemic inflammation	↑	↑↑	[35]

* Coelho AMM, Machado MCC, Sampietre SN et al. Aging is related to increased intestinal damage and bacterial translocation in acute pancreatitis in rats (in preparation).