Title: Clinical significance of C reactive protein in liver cirrhosis patients complicating infection with ascites
Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical significance of serum C reactive protein(CRP) in liver cirrhosis patients complicating infection with ascites.Methods The levels of CRP,white blood cell(WBC) and granulocyte percent(GR%) in 106 patients with liver cirrhosis were determined,the positive percent was calculated in patients of infection-complicating and secondary infection.Results At infection-complicating group and secondary infection group,the levels of CRP,WBC and GR% were significantly higher than those at non-infection-complicating group and non-secondary infection group,respectively(P0.01) After 3 and 7 days of anti-microbe therapy,the levels of CRP,WBC and GR% were remarkedly lower than those before therapy and after 3 days of therapy,respectively,at infection complicating group and secondary infection group(P0.01).Before therapy,after 3 days and 7 days of therapy,the positive percent of CRP was markedly higher than that of WBC and GR%(P0.01).Conclusions It is valuable for the change of CRP to evaluate the occlurence,development and therapeutical effect of infection in liver cirrhosis patients with ascites.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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