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- The study aimed to analyze white blood cell count, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate levels in patients with acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections to predict complications.
- A retrospective analysis of 218 patients revealed those with complications had longer hospital stays and higher levels of the measured biomarkers compared to those without complications.
- The findings suggest that combining these biomarker detections can effectively predict complications in these patients.
Article Abstract
Objective: To investigate the levels of white blood cell count (WBC), procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in patients with acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections and the value of their combined detection in predicting the occurrence of complications.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 218 patients with acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections admitted to Baoding No.1 Central Hospital from January 2021 to December 2021. All patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of complications during treatment: the group with complications (observation group) and the group without complications (control group). The treatment situation of the two groups was compared, and their levels of WBC, PCT, CRP and ESR were quantitatively detected and compared.
Results: Patients in the observation group were hospitalized for significantly longer days than those in the control group (<0.05), and their combined pleural effusion percentage and oxygen uptake rate were higher than those in the control group (<0.05). The levels of WBC, PCT, CRP and ESR in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group at admission, with statistically significant differences (<0.05). Moreover, the positive rates of WBC, PCT, CRP and ESR in the observation group were higher than those in the control group in the single detection and the combined detection (<0.05).
Conclusions: The combined detection of WBC, PCT, CRP and ESR has substantial predictive value in predicting the occurrence of complications in patients with community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections.
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