Variable definition
Sepsis
DISEASES, SEPSIS, DYSFUNCTION
Patients diagnosed with AP were determined by using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (ninth edition, code 577.0 or 10th version, code K 85.0) codes. Sepsis was diagnosed according to the sepsis-3 criteria [SOFA score calculated the dysfunction of six organ systems and the severity of the dysfunction, including the respiratory, coagulation, liver, cardiovascular, kidney, and nervous systems with a score of 0–4 for each item and a total score of 0–24 [