RT Journal Article T1 Early infection is an independent risk factor for increased mortality in patients with culture-confirmed infected pancreatic necrosis. A1 Moran, Robert A A1 Halloran, Christopher A1 Guo, Qiang A1 Umapathy, Chandra A1 Jalaly, Niloofar Y A1 Jain, Saransh A1 Cowzer, Darren A1 Cuadrado Robles, Enrique Perez A1 Quesada-Vázquez, Noé A1 Szentesi, Andrea A1 Papp, Mária A1 Chua, Tiffany A1 Márta, Katalin A1 Sampath, Kartik A1 Jin, David X A1 Sahebally, Shaheel Mohammad A1 Kuschnereit, Tobias Philipp A1 Khashab, Mouen A A1 Rock, Clare A1 Darvasi, Erika A1 Saunders, Rebecca A1 García-Rayado, Guillermo A1 Torrijos, Yolanda Sánchez A1 Coady, Laoise A1 Papachristou, Georgios I A1 Mayerle, Julia A1 Geoghegan, Justin A1 Banks, Peter A A1 Gardner, Timothy B A1 Szabó, Anikó Nóra A1 Stevens, Tyler A1 Tornai, Tamás A1 Tóth, Emese A1 McEntee, Gerry A1 Enrique de-Madaria, A1 Garg, Pramod K A1 Hegyi, Péter A1 Yadav, Dhiraj A1 Hu, Weiming A1 Neoptolemos, John A1 Singh, Vikesh K K1 Infected pancreatic necrosis K1 Minimally invasive surgery K1 Mortality K1 Necrosectomy K1 Necrotizing pancreatitis K1 Pancreatic necrosis K1 Surgery AB Mortality in infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is dynamic over the course of the disease, with type and timing of interventions as well as persistent organ failure being key determinants. The timing of infection onset and how it pertains to mortality is not well defined. To determine the association between mortality and the development of early IPN. International multicenter retrospective cohort study of patients with IPN, confirmed by a positive microbial culture from (peri) pancreatic collections. The association between timing of infection onset, timing of interventions and mortality were assessed using Cox regression analyses. A total of 743 patients from 19 centers across 3 continents with culture-confirmed IPN from 2000 to 2016 were evaluated, mortality rate was 20.9% (155/734). Early infection was associated with a higher mortality, when early infection occurred within the first 4 weeks from presentation with acute pancreatitis. After adjusting for comorbidity, advanced age, organ failure, enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition, early infection (≤4 weeks) and early open surgery (≤4 weeks) were associated with increased mortality [HR: 2.45 (95% CI: 1.63-3.67), p  0.05). Early infection was associated with increased mortality, independent of interventions. Early surgery remains a strong predictor of excess mortality. YR 2021 FD 2021-11-09 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22466 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/22466 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 6, 2025