Open AccessC – REACTIVE PROTEIN
Author(s) -
Ahmed Hussain,
Shahnawaz Abro,
Ashfaque Ahmed Bhurgiri,
Raheel Imtiaz Memon,
Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.02.1398
Subject(s) - medicine , c reactive protein , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , context (archaeology) , population , population study , gastroenterology , surgery , inflammation , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency despiteadvances in radiographic imaging and diagnostic laboratory investigations; the diagnosis ofacute appendicitis remains challenge. Objectives: To evaluate the C-reactive protein in patientswith acute appendicitis. Patients and methods: This cross sectional descriptive study of sixmonths study was conducted at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. All the patients withacute appendicitis were admitted in the ward and were further evaluated for C-reactive protein.The data was analyzed in SPSS 16 and the frequency and percentage was calculated. Results:One hundred subjects with acute appendicitis were recruited and studies. The mean age ±SD ofthe patients was 27.83±07.52 in overall population while it was 29.73±06.64 and 25.84±04.92in male and female subjects with acute appendicitis. The CRP was raised in 60% patients. Thedistribution of age in relation to gender and CRP was statisitically significant (p= 0.01 and<0.01) whereas the CRP was also observed as statistically significant in context to genderand histopathology (p= 0.02 and 0.03) respectively. The mean ±SD of CRP was 7.53±1.52in overall population while it was 6.84±1.64 and 8.65±1.53 in male and female patients withraised CRP. Conclusions: The CRP was elevated in patients with acute appendicitis.