Introduction:

In December 2019 the first atypical pneumonia case was reported in China; caused by SARS-CoV-2. It affects mainly the respiratory tract. New studies have reported gastrointestinal symptoms as initial manifestations of COVID-19 infection and there are few reports that have linked SARS-CoV-2 to the occurrence of acute pancreatitis.

Objective:

To describe the appearance of pancreatitis and its correlation with the rest of the clinical manifestations, and consider the pancreas as a target organ of this virus, which could worsen the prognosis of these patients.

Material and methods:

This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective, non-experimental case series study conducted from March 15 to May 25, 2020. The study area corresponds to all patients who entered the intensive care area with COVID-19 PCR diagnosis. The variables studied were collected from the clinical file.

Results:

From thirty patients in the intensive care, eight of them presented laboratory and CT scan data compatible with acute pancreatitis. All cases have lymphopenia, the elevation of amylase and lipase, hyperbilirubinemia, and only one case showed vesicular lithiasis without demonstrating the cause of pancreatitis. It was used to stage the severity SOFA and APACHE score, all patients died in an average of days of stay in intensive care of 9.8.