Banks and colleagues 44 found that a pleural effusion at admittance is a useful sign for predicting severity of pancreatitis. In our work we found that 49% of the entire group of patients had some pleural effusion with similar percentages in those who had severe pancreatitis and those who had mild pancreatitis.
Banks y cols 44 encontraron que un derrame pleural al ingreso es un signo útil para predecir la severidad de la pancreatitis, en nuestro trabajo encontramos que en el grupo total 49% de los pacientes tenía algún derrame pleural con porcentaje similar entre pancreatitis severa y leve.