Study of hsCRP in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD

Author(s)	Pulkit Gupta, Hemant Kumar Agarwal, Mritunjay Singh
Country	India
Abstract	Aim: To study the levels of hsCRP in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD as compared to healthy volunteers. Methods: This was a single centre case control cross-sectional observational study design including 50 cases and 50 controls. COPD patients more than 40 years of age, having acute exacerbation and presenting to SS Hospital, Varanasi were included in the study after screening. Proper history and physical examination was done and CBC, LFT, RFT, ABG, hsCRP, Spirometry, ECG, ECHO was performed and data was collected and recorded for analysis. Results: 43 patients had an increased level of hsCRP as compared to control in which only 7 patients had an increased level of hsCRP. Conclusion: Inflammatory markers like hsCRP rises during acute exacerbations of COPD. 90 % of patients had increased level of hsCRP in our study and statistically it was found significant.
Keywords	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, exacerbation, inflammatory biomarker, lung function.
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023
Published On	2023-12-20
Cite This	Study of hsCRP in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD - Pulkit Gupta, Hemant Kumar Agarwal, Mritunjay Singh - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 6, November-December 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.10761
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i06.10761
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gs98tp

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