COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA

SERUM CRP LEVEL IN PATIENTS

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