COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA

SERUM CRP LEVEL IN PATIENTS

Authors

  • Samar Raza Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan
  • Tariq Zaffar Shaikh Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan
  • Ghulam Hussain Baloch Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan
  • Zaheer Ahmed Medeor 24 X7 Hospital, Abu Dhabi
  • Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2016.23.09.1694

Keywords:

CRP, pneumonia, streptococcus pneumonia, community acquired pneumonia, C-reactive protein, Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the frequency of raised serum CRP level in patients
with community acquired pneumonia. Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study.
Period: Six months. Setting: Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. Patients and Methods:
All the patients with 20 -75 years of age, either gender diagnosed as community acquired
pneumonia were further evaluated for C-reactive protein while the data was analyzed in SPSS
version 16. Results: During six month study period, total 135 patients with community acquired
pneumonia were evaluated for C-reactive protein. The mean ±SD for age of patients with CAP
was 48.93±8.41 whereas it was 53.53±6.73 and 50.54±5.81 in male and female subjects
respectively. The mean age ±SD of patient with raised CRP was 46.94±8.43. The mean ±SD
of CRP in overall population was 08.8±1.52 while it was 07.94±1.32 and 10.83±1.64 in male
and female individuals respectively. Of 135 subjects 84(62.2%) were males and 51(37.8%) were
females while the CRP was elevated in 91(67.4%) patients. The age in relation to gender and
CRP was statistically significant (p= 0.02 and 0.05) while the gender in relation to CRP was also
statistically significant (p=0.03). Conclusion: The present study found that the CRP was raised
in 91(67.4%) predominantly male individuals with community acquired pneumonia

Author Biographies

Samar Raza, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan

Postgraduate
Department of ICU (Intensive Care
Unit)

Tariq Zaffar Shaikh, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan

MD
Senior Registrar
Department of Medicine Unit-I

Ghulam Hussain Baloch, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad / LUMHS, Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan

MD, Dip. Card
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine Unit-III

Zaheer Ahmed, Medeor 24 X7 Hospital, Abu Dhabi

General Practitioner

Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

Department of Medicine

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Published

2016-09-10