The Effect of Somatostatin, Ulinastatin and Salvia Miltiorrhiza on Severe Acute Pancreatitis Treatment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2013

Keywords

severe acute pancreatitis, somatostatin, ulinastatin, salvia miltiorrhiza

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31827aa2bc

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of somatostatin, ulinastatin and Salvia miltiorrhiza for treatment of severe acute pancreatitis.

Methods: Three hundred six patients with severe acute pancreatitis were divided randomly into 5 groups: basic treatment, somatostatin, somatostatin + ulinastatin, somatostatin + S miltiorrhiza and somatostatin + ulinastatin + S miltiorrhiza. Amount of time for resolution of abdominal pain/distention, recovery to normal heart and respiratory rates, amylase and blood glucose levels, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores, and levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-10 were analyzed and recorded for all 5 subgroups.

Results: Tumor necrosis factor-α and IL-6 levels on the fourth and seventh days, and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores on the seventh day after treatment showed significant decrease in the somatostatin, somatostatin + ulinastatin, somatostatin + S miltiorrhiza and somatostatin + ulinastatin + S miltiorrhiza subgroups compared with the basic treatment subgroup. IL-10 levels on the fourth and seventh days were significantly improved in the somatostatin + ulinastatin, somatostatin + S miltiorrhiza and somatostatin + ulinastatin + S miltiorrhiza subgroups compared with the basic treatment subgroup. The incidences of pancreatic sepsis, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and mortality were lower in the somatostatin, somatostatin + ulinastatin, somatostatin + S miltiorrhiza and somatostatin + ulinastatin + S miltiorrhiza subgroups compared with the basic treatment subgroup.

Conclusions: Somatostatin is effective for the treatment of acute pancreatitis and both ulinastatin and S miltiorrhiza demonstrate improvement in therapeutic benefits.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, v. 346, issue 5, p. 371-376

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