The Use of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) as a Marker of the Surgical Stress in Gastrointestinal Surgery

Ana Belén Martínez Martínez*

Received:October 04, 2018;   Published: October 15, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.10.001894

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Abstract

Being able to predict the complications that can arise after a surgical intervention is essential to accelerate the recovery of patients, minimize pain or save their lives in the most crucial cases. Different markers of surgical aggression [1-3] have been studied, being to use C-reactive protein (CRP) measurement during the postoperative period the current trend to predict the evolution of the patients [4-6]. A brief review of the utility of CRP measurement is showed to assess its use as the choice marker of the surgical injury.

Keywords : CRP; Gastrointestinal surgery; Inflammation marker; Surgical injury

Abbreviations : CRP: C-Reactive Protein; SIRS: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; OS: Open Surgery; LS: Laparoscopic Surgery; WBC: White Blood Cells

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