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S Radaković1, M Surbatović, M Pavlica
1Vojnomedicinska akademija, Beograd: Institut za higijenu ZPM.
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During the general reaction to trauma, acute phase proteins are synthetized. The aim of the prospective study was to determine CRP concentrations in sera of war casualties during the first 14 posttraumatic days, and to establish the correlation between these changes and severity of trauma. Subjects were 79 war casualties.
Controls:
33 blood donors.
Methods:
Injury severity was determined according to ISS and CRP concentrations with immunonephelometric analysis. Blood samples were collected 12 hours after trauma, then on the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 14th posttraumatic day. In war casualties CRP values were significantly increased (56.257.53 mg/dl after 12 hrs, 107.0976.08 on 1st, 144.3570.23 on 2nd, 71.42558.66 on 5th and 37.656.14 on 14th posttraumatic day; p). Significant differences were observed between groups with ISS and ISS12 (p) in first two days and later between group with ISS24 (144.1766.94 mg/dl on 5th and 111.588.5 on 14th posttraumatic day) and others (p).
Conclusions:
During the acute-phase response to trauma, significant changes in concentration of CRP occur in sera of war casualties. These changes are the most prominent during the first 48 hours, with tendency for normalization after the 5th day. Intensity of these changes depend on the severity of trauma. CRP is valid marker of war wound severity.
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