Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Diagnostic accuracy of C–Reactive Protein in the early detection of infection after elective Colorectal Surgery

Sadyojata Murugesan, Chabungbam Gyan Singh, Sowdin Reddy Chittvolu, Lalhruaitluanga Puia, Yibenthung S Ezung, Haobam Manihar Singh

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Elective colorectal surgery is associated with postoperative infectious complications in upto 40% of the cases. In different infections and clinical settings, the course of relative CRP variations and the CRP ratio, can discriminate early in the clinical course, survivors from non survivors. We conducted a prospective cross sectional study in Department of Surgery, RIMS, Manipur, India from October 2014 to August 2016. Out of the 77 patients who underwent colorectal surgery 12 sustained postoperative complications in which surgical site infection was the most common 58.3% followed by pleural effusion 33.3%, with one death from abdominoperineal resection. ROC curve analysis showed that early post–operative CRP concentrations on POD 3 had significant predictive values for the development of post–operative infectious complications. The study showed an increase in CRP in the early post–operative days with a significant difference between patients with and without complications. 

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SADYOJATA MURUGESAN, CHABUNGBAM GYAN SINGH, SOWDIN REDDY CHITTVOLU, LALHRUAITLUANGA PUIA, Yibenthung S Ezung, HAOBAM MANIHAR SINGH, Diagnostic accuracy of C–Reactive Protein in the early detection of infection after elective Colorectal Surgery, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾7 | July‾2017

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