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Clinical significance of serum and ascites procalcitonin levels in liver cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Wang Hua-fen

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Objective To study serum and ascites levels of procalcitonin(PCT) in liver cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and their clinical significance.Methods The 71 cirrhotic patients with ascites were selected into this study among whom there were 49 patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis(SBP) and 22 without SBP.Serum and ascites levels of PCT were detected and compared with those of normal controls.Results Serum levels of PCT in patients with SBPand without SBP patients were significantly higher than those in normal controls(P0.01); Serum levels of PCT in patients with SBP were significantly higher than those in patients without SBP(P0.01); ascites levels of PCT in patients with SBP were significantly higher than those in patient without SBP (P0.01).Conclusion The detection of serum and ascites levels of PCT has an important value in early diagnosis and judgement of prognosis of SBP in liver cirrhosis.

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Objective To study serum and ascites levels of procalcitonin(PCT) in liver cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and their clinical significance.Methods The 71 cirrhotic patients with ascites were selected into this study among whom there were 49 patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis(SBP) and 22 without SBP.Serum and ascites levels of PCT were detected and compared with those of normal controls.Results Serum levels of PCT in patients with SBPand without SBP patients were significantly higher than those in normal controls(P0.01); Serum levels of PCT in patients with SBP were significantly higher than those in patients without SBP(P0.01); ascites levels of PCT in patients with SBP were significantly higher than those in patient without SBP (P0.01).Conclusion The detection of serum and ascites levels of PCT has an important value in early diagnosis and judgement of prognosis of SBP in liver cirrhosis.

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Objective To study serum and ascites levels of procalcitonin(PCT) in liver cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and their clinical significance.Methods The 71 cirrhotic patients with ascites were selected into this study among whom there were 49 patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis(SBP) and 22 without SBP.Serum and ascites levels of PCT were detected and compared with those of normal controls.Results Serum levels of PCT in patients with SBPand without SBP patients were significantly higher than those in normal controls(P0.01); Serum levels of PCT in patients with SBP were significantly higher than those in patients without SBP(P0.01); ascites levels of PCT in patients with SBP were significantly higher than those in patient without SBP (P0.01).Conclusion The detection of serum and ascites levels of PCT has an important value in early diagnosis and judgement of prognosis of SBP in liver cirrhosis.

Key concepts: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, Ascites, Procalcitonin, Medicine, Cirrhosis, Gastroenterology, Internal medicine, Clinical significance

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