Predictive value of red cell distrubition width and C reactive protein/albumin ratio in determining severe acute pancreatitis

Objective: To investigate the relationship between serum C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin (ALB) ratio and complication occurrence in patients with Type-II diabetes mellitus with at least one chronic complication. Methods: The CAR, demographic characteristics, and other parameters of 108 patients with at least one chronic diabetic complication who attended to the internal medicine outpatient clinic between January 1, 2017, and September 1, 2018, were retrospectively evaluated. Healthy control subjects who did not have any systemic or infectious diseases were also included in the study. I compared the CAR, demographics, and other blood parameters between the two groups were compared. Results: The mean CAR levels were significantly higher in diabetic patients with at least one complication compared to the control group (0.15 [0.07 - 0.29] vs 0.07 [0.07 - 0.07], respectively, p<0.001). There was no significant correlation between CAR and diabetic complications, including neuropathy, nephropathy, coronary artery disease, and retinopathy in the patient group (p>0.05 for all). In the receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis, there was no significant cut-off point for CAR predicting diabetic complications. Conclusions: Although serum CAR levels were significantly higher in complicated diabetic patients compared to controls, any validated CAR value for predicting diabetic complications were not observed. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.6.618 How to cite this:Bayrak M. Predictive value of C-Reactive Protein/Albumin ratio in patients with chronic complicated diabetes mellitus. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(6):1616-1621. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.6.618 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Clinical effects of hemoadsorption with CytoSorb® in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: A case series

The International Journal of Artificial Organs ◽

10.1177/0391398818823762 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 190-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Dana Tomescu ◽

Mihai Popescu ◽

Corina David ◽

Simona Dima

Keyword(s):

Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Severe Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Case Series ◽

Clinical Effects ◽

C Reactive Protein ◽

Reactive Protein ◽

Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration ◽

Vasopressor Support ◽

Before And After ◽

Organ Dysfunctions

Hemoadsorption using CytoSorb® has recently gained attention as a new therapy aimed at modulating the inflammatory response syndrome in critically ill patients. The aim of our study was to assess the clinical effects of CytoSorb in patients with severe acute pancreatitis. We prospectively included 12 patients admitted to the intensive care unit for severe acute pancreatitis. After inclusion, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in conjunction with CytoSorb was applied. Clinical data, number of organ dysfunctions, paraclinical data, and vasopressor support were collected before and after the treatment. The use of CytoSorb was associated with a decrease in C-reactive protein from 242 (30, 300) to 180 (20, 252) mg/L (p = 0.04) and procalcitonin from 2.21 (0.01, 15.02) to 1.10 (0.01, 3.79) ng/mL (p = 0.02). The median vasopressor support was 0.1 (0, 0.9) mg/h at the beginning of the treatment and it was discontinued in all cases after the treatment. In conclusion, the use of CytoSorb in patients with severe acute pancreatitis was associated with improved hemodynamics and decreased inflammatory markers.

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Evaluation of C-reactive protein/albumin ratio and its relationship with survival in dogs with acute pancreatitis

New Zealand Veterinary Journal ◽

10.1080/00480169.2020.1780995 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 68 (6) ◽

pp. 345-348

Author(s):

E Gori ◽

A Pierini ◽

I Lippi ◽

G Ceccherini ◽

F Perondi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Acute Pancreatitis ◽

C Reactive Protein ◽

Albumin Ratio ◽

Reactive Protein

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Clinical Effect and Safety of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Laparoscopic Catheter Drainage for Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics ◽

10.1166/jmihi.2020.3114 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 1899-1904

Author(s):

Minzhen Qin ◽

Zhihai Liang ◽

Huiying Yang ◽

Guoduo Tang ◽

Mentula A Kalevi

Keyword(s):

Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Severe Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Endoscopic Ultrasound ◽

Clinical Effect ◽

White Blood Cells ◽

The Body ◽

C Reactive Protein ◽

Ultrasound Guided ◽

Catheter Drainage ◽

Reactive Protein

In order to study the clinical effect and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided laparoscopic catheter drainage for severe acute pancreatitis, the patients with severe acute pancreatitis were selected as the research objects, the laparoscopic catheter drainage under the guidance of endoscopic ultrasound was carried out, and the efficacy and safety of the operation were evaluated. The results showed that after endoscopic ultrasound-guided laparoscopic catheterization and drainage, the number of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and white blood cells was decreased, and the inflammation was improved after treatment; the body temperature of 45% patients returned to normal on the first day after operation, and 55% patients returned to normal on the third day after operation; only 1 case of patients followed up had infectious necrosis of pancreas. In summary, endoscopic ultrasound-guided laparoscopic catheter drainage is a safe and effective treatment for severe acute pancreatitis.

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Serum profiles of M30, M65 and interleukin-17 compared with C-reactive protein in patients with mild and severe acute pancreatitis

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences ◽

10.1002/jhbp.162 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (12) ◽

pp. 911-918 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sotirios Vlachos ◽

Alexandra K. Tsaroucha ◽

Georgios Konstantoudakis ◽

Fotini Papachristou ◽

Gregory Trypsianis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Severe Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Interleukin 17 ◽

C Reactive Protein ◽

Reactive Protein

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Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of serum poly-C avid ribonuclease activity and C-reactive protein concentration in detection of mild and severe acute pancreatitis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) ◽

10.1515/cclm.2004.093 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Beata Kuśnierz-Cabala ◽

Jerzy W. Naskalski ◽

Boguslaw Kędra ◽

Józefa Panek

Keyword(s):

Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Severe Acute Pancreatitis ◽

Clinical Course ◽

Function Analysis ◽

Necrotizing Pancreatitis ◽

Ribonuclease P ◽

C Reactive Protein ◽

Reactive Protein ◽

Acute Necrotizing ◽

Mild Acute Pancreatitis

AbstractThe aim of this study was to compare diagnostic performance of C-reactive protein (CRP) and poly-C avid ribonuclease (P-RNase) levels in the prediction of a severe clinical course of acute pancreatitis (AP). The study included 36 patients with mild and 20 with severe AP. CRP concentration was measured by an immunonephelometric method and P-RNase activity by the rate of polycytidylate hydrolysis at pH 7.8. At the time of admission, both P-RNase and CRP levels were significantly increased in all patients when compared to healthy subjects (29.2 vs. 18.7 U/l and 91.1 vs. 2.89 mg/l; p<0.001). Up to days 3 and 4 a further increase in P-RNase was observed. On the other hand, the increase in CRP continued only through days 2 and 3 (p<0.001). Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) differed significantly with respect to P-RNase levels on all days studied; whereas CRP levels differed significantly on days 2–5 but did not differ at admission. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve function analysis yielded the best sensitivity of SAP detection for P-RNase, equaling 72.2%, at the cut-off point value 65.3 U/l on day 3 after admission. The sensitivity of CRP for detection of SAP was 85.0% at 125.7 mg/l on the 2nd day after admission. Both parameters studied were significantly associated with the severity of the AP clinical course; however, on days 1 and 2 postadmission, P-RNase was more specific for detection of SAP than CRP (94.4% vs. 77.1% on the 1st day and 94.4% vs. 55.5% on the 2nd day). In conclusion, P-RNase has shown an excellent performance for early differentiation of acute necrotizing pancreatitis.

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