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Bedri Braha¹, Dafina Mahmutaj¹, Mehmet Maxhuni¹

¹Clinic of Surgery, University Clinical Center of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo.

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

|April 4, 2018

Abstract

Aim:

To analyse the correlation of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) values with increased intra-abdominal pressure and to evaluate their predictive role in the progression of Intra-abdominal infections.

Materials And Methods:

A non-randomized prospective study conducted in the group of 80 patients. We have measured the PCT, CRP and intra-abdominal pressure (IAP).

Results:

According to IAH grades (G), there was a significant difference of PCT values: G I 3.6 ± 5.1 ng/ml, G II 10.9 ± 22.6 ng/ml, G III 15.2 ± 30.2 ng/ml (p = 0.045) until: CRP values were increased in all IAH groups but without distinction between the groups: GI 183 ± 64.5, GII 196 ± 90.2, GIII 224 ± 96.3 (p = 0.17). According to the severity of the infection, we yielded increased values of PCT, IAP and CRP in septic shock, severe sepsis and SIRS/sepsis resulting in significant differences of PCT and IAP.

Conclusion:

Based on the results of our research, we conclude that the correlation of PCT values with IAH grades is quite significant while the CRP results remain high in IAH but without significant difference between the different grades of IAH.

Keywords:

C - reactive protein Intra-abdominal hypertension Intra-abdominal infection Procalcitonin

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