A study of clinical utility of peri operative c- reactive protein testing in general surgery at tertiary care centre

Abstract

Background and objectives Clinical diagnosis of infections, inflammatory diseases, and response monitoring can be done by C reactive protein (CRP), an acute-phase protein. CRP measurement in the perioperative period was studied, and patterns of change were analyzed, for elective general surgical patients. Study aimed to test the efficacy of C - reactive protein as a predictor for surgical stress and diagnostic accuracy to detect early postoperative infectious complications. Objective of this study was to estimate perioperative serum C - reactive protein level in patients undergoing elective surgeries. 1. To find out the relation between serum C-reactive protein level and severity of surgical stress. 2.To find out diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein to detect early postoperative infectious complications.