Abstract:
Objective To investigate the predictive value of the pan-immune inflammation value (PIV) for the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) in the early and delayed stages of admission (within 24 hours and after 24 hours of admission).
Methods A total of 501 patients with AP were divided into the mild acute pancreatitis group (MAP) and non-mild group (non-MAP, including moderate severe and severe cases) according to the severity of disease. The blood routine and biochemical data of patients within 24 hours and after 24 hours of admission were collected, and the relevant inflammatory indicators were calculated. The predictive value of the systemic immune inflammatory index (SII), C-reactive protein (CRP), neutrophil count/lymphocyte count (NLR), neutrophil/platelet ratio (NPR), C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), C-reactive protein/lymphocyte ratio (CLR) and lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR) for the severity of AP in the early stage and delayed stage of admission were compared. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the independent influencing factors of severity, and the predictive efficacy of each index and combined model were evaluated using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
Results The age of the non-MAP group was significantly higher than that of the MAP group (P < 0.01). Within 24 hours of admission, the PIV level in the non-MAP group was higher than that in the MAP group (P < 0.01), but the results of multivariate regression showed that the PIV was not an independent risk factor (P = 0.97). After twenty-four hours of admission, the PIV became an independent risk factor (P < 0.01). The results of ROC analysis showed that the AUC of PIV for predicting non-MAP was 0.734 (95%CI: 0.683–0.784), with a sensitivity of 73.43%, a specificity of 64.01% and a cut-off value of 426.56. After twenty-four hours of admission, the AUC of the combined model CAR + LMR + NLR was 0.750 (95%CI: 0.703–0.797). After further inclusion of PIV (CAR + LMR + NLR + PIV), the AUC increased to 0.760 (95%CI: 0.713–0.807), which was the best among all models.
Conclusions The PIV has a good predictive value for the severity of AP after 24 hours of admission, and its combination with multiple indicators can further improve the predictive efficacy. Therefore, PIV can be used as a novel tool for clinical severity assessment of AP.