[Predictive parameters of infectiologic complications in patients after TIPSS]
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M Cohnen1, R Lüthen, W Däubener
1Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf.
Aim:
To define predictive parameters of a complicated clinical course after the TIPSS procedure.
Methods:
Blood cultures were drawn prospectively in 41 patients from a central line and from the portal venous blood before stent placement as well as from the central line 20 min after intervention. C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/dl) and white blood cell count (WBC,/microl) on the day of TIPSS-procedure (d0), the first (d1) and seven (d7) days after TIPSS were compared in patients with a complicated clinical course (spontaneous bacterial peritonitis,pneumonia,sepsis; group I) to patients without clinical complications (group II) RESULTS: Group I showed a significant increase in CRP (d0: 1.8+/-1.0; d1: 3.2+/-1.5; d7: 4.3+/-3.2), and white blood cell count (d0: 7700+/-2600; d1: 10800+/-2800; d7: 7500+/-1800) on the first day after TIPSS-procedure in comparison to group II (CRP: d0: 1.6+/-0.6; d1: 1.8+/-1.0; d7: 1.9+/-0.6. WBC: d0: 6900+/-1500; d1: 8000+/-1600; d7: 7600+/-1400). Microbiological analysis showed in 12% skin or oral flora in the last sample.
Conclusions:
The course of CRP and WBC-count during the first week after TIPSS procedure may indicate patients with a potential risk of a complicated clinical course.
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