title: Quality of life following acute necrotizing pancreatitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors examine the quality of life of patients treated for acute necrotizing pancreatitis an average of 37.8 months following their illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire used in the examinations was a version of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) which was adapted to a Hungarian environment and included additional questions regarding the patient's illness. During the treatment of the pancreatic necrosis, prophylactic antibiotic treatment, early nasojejunal feeding, percutaneous peripancreatic drainage, and late surgical necrectomy was used. Postoperatively the lavage of the closed omental bursa was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was determined that 77.3% of patients considered their quality of life to be good or fair. Quality of life was considered worse in older patients, patients with complaints of abdominal distension and bowel problems, patients who had lost significant amounts of weight since their illness, patients with poor appetite, and patients who were female.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The long-term result, and the quality of life after acute necrotizing pancreatitis is good.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, School of Medicine Debrecen, Hungary. szentkerzs@freemail.hu
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szentkereszty
authors.forename: Czimbalmos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Agnes
authors.forename: Róbert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kotán
authors.forename: Szilárd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulácsi
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kerekes
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Danie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czako
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sápy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents