The Significance of Procalcitonin Detection in Liver Cirrhosis with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Objective To observe the level of procalcitonin(PCT)of liver cirrhosis patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis(SBP) and its changes in treatment so as to study the value of PCT in early diagnosis and prognostic judgement for the patients.Methods 80 liver cirrhosis patients with ascites in our department were divided into two groups,SBP group(n=30) and non-SBP group(n=50),according to whether they had spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.The temperature,abdominal signs,ascites,routine blood test and PCT of the groups were observed dynamically so as to study the relationship between the changes of PCT and SBP.Results The PCT level of SBP group was obviously higher than that of non-SBP group.PCT level was positively related to the prognosis of SBP(P0.05).Conclusion The PCT level has diagnostic value for patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites.The PCT level is positively correlated with the severity of the disease.Early PCT detection and early use of antibiotics can improve the prognosis of the patients.