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Acute phase proteins and white blood cell levels for prediction of infectious complications in status epilepticus

Sutter, Raoul and Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah and Grize, Leticia and Widmer, Andreas F. and Marsch, Stephan and Rüegg, Stephan. (2011) Acute phase proteins and white blood cell levels for prediction of infectious complications in status epilepticus. Critical care, 15 (6). R274.

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ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Infections in status epilepticus (SE) patients result in severe morbidity making early diagnosis crucial. As SE may lead to inflammatory reaction, the value of acute phase proteins and white blood cells (WBC) for diagnosis of infections during SE may be important. We examined the reliability of C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and WBC for diagnosis of infections during SE. METHODS: All consecutive SE patients treated in the ICU from 2005 to 2009 were included. Clinical and microbiological records, measurements of CRP and WBC during SE were analyzed. Subgroup analysis was performed for additional PCT measurements in the first 48 hours of SE. RESULTS: 22.5% of 160 consecutive SE patients had infections during SE. Single levels of CRP and WBC had no association with the presence of infections. Their linear changes over the first three days after SE onset were significantly associated with the presence of infections (p=0.0012 for CRP, p=0.0137 for WBC). Levels of PCT were available for 31 patients and did not differ significantly in patients with and without infections. Sensitivity of PCT and CRP was high (94% and 83%) and the negative predictive value of CRP increased over the first three days to 97%. Specificity was low, without improvement for different cut-offs. CONCLUSIONS: Single levels of CRP and WBC are not reliable for diagnosis of infections during SE, while their linear changes over time significantly correlated with the presence of infections. In addition, low levels of CRP and PCT rule out hospital-acquired infections in SE patients
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektiologie (Battegay M)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektiologie (Battegay M)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektionsepidemiologie (Tschudin Sutter)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektionsepidemiologie (Tschudin Sutter)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Intensivmedizin > Intensivmedizin (Marsch)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Intensivmedizin > Intensivmedizin (Marsch)
05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Neurobiology > Pharmacology/Neurobiology (Rüegg)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Infectious Disease Modelling > Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics (Smith)
03 Faculty of Medicine
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Intensivmedizin
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Intensivmedizin
UniBasel Contributors:Grize, Leticia and Tschudin Sutter, Sarah and Widmer, Andreas F.-X. and Marsch, Stephan and Sutter, Raoul Christian and Rüegg, Stephan
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:BioMed Central
ISSN:1364-8535
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:26 Apr 2013 06:58

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