Research Article

Evaluation of serum CRP levels in patients with sepsis at intensive care unit

Volume: 59 Number: 3 September 30, 2020
  • Cem Ece *
  • İlkin Çankayali
  • Canan Bor
  • Kubilay Demirağ
  • Mehmet Uyar
  • Ali Reşat Moral
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Evaluation of serum CRP levels in patients with sepsis at intensive care unit

Abstract

Aim: The inflammatory response that occurs in sepsis causes the release of biomarkers which may be prognostic indicators. In our study, it was aimed to evaluate the CRP, PCT, Lactate levels and SOFA score change and their effect on prognosis estimation of patients that were hospitalized 30 days or less. Materials and Methods: 485 patients who were hospitalized in the Anesthesiology and Reanimation ICU for 30 days or less were included in the study randomly and patient records were evaluated retrospectively. Age, gender, length of hospitalization in intensive care unit, sepsis diagnostic criteria on admission and intensive care unit days, serum CRP, PCT, lactate levels, SOFA and APACHE II scores were recorded. The diagnosis of sepsis (no sepsis / sepsis / severe sepsis / septic shock) was made according to the 2001 consensus and 2008 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guideline for all days in the intensive care unit. Results: The mean age was 51.1 ± 20.6 years and the mean APACHE II score was 23.2 ± 8.9 years. 35 patients were discharged from intensive care unit (7.21%), 164 patients were referred to other in-hospital clinic (33.82%) while 286 patients (58.97%) died. 178 patients were never diagnosed as sepsis during intensive care stay. 307 of them were diagnosed as sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock. In our study, the median CRP values of the patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock were 9.33, 13.76 and 16.77 mg/dl, respectively; PCT median values were found to be 1.66, 5.23 and 12.42 ng/ml. Thirty-five of the patients (7.21%) were dismissed from the ICU, 164 (33.82%) were transferred to other departments and 286 (58.97%) were exitus. The ratio of the last CRP value measured to the first measured one in the exitus group was statistically significant compared to patients dismissed or transferred to other departments Conclusion: It was concluded that CRP level increases with increasing severity of sepsis and it is a reliable prognostic parameter in sepsis.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Cem Ece *
0000-0002-5786-0525
Türkiye

İlkin Çankayali
0000-0003-1441-5584
Türkiye

Canan Bor
0000-0001-7658-2113
Türkiye

Kubilay Demirağ
0000-0003-1311-7972
Türkiye

Mehmet Uyar
0000-0001-9292-2616
Türkiye

Ali Reşat Moral
0000-0002-4947-0578
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 30, 2020

Submission Date

August 16, 2019

Acceptance Date

February 21, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 59 Number: 3

Vancouver
1.Cem Ece, İlkin Çankayali, Canan Bor, Kubilay Demirağ, Mehmet Uyar, Ali Reşat Moral. Yoğun bakım hastalarında serum CRP düzeylerinin sepsis değerlendirmesindeki yeri. EJM. 2020 Sep. 1;59(3):174-80. doi:10.19161/etd.790461

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