[C-reactive protein. Value in diagnosis of infectious complications of hydrocephalus children with shunt (author's transl)].
The C-reactive protein, leukocytes count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, were determined in 32 hydrocephalus children treated with shunt, on the 1st day, 5th day and 10th day postintervention. C-reactive protein was positive on the 5th day postintervention in the 66.6% of the patients with infection and the 100% of these patients on the 10th day. In three patients C-reactive protein was the first sign of infection. In 33.3% of the patients with infectious complications, C-reactive protein positive was earlier than leukocytes and erythrocyte sedimentation rate abnormalities. From these findings, authors suggest C-reactive protein as valuable test in the postoperative control of the hydrocephalus children and should alert to the possibility of a infectious complication.
D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors
D002097:C-Reactive Protein
Valor de la proteína C reactiva (PCR) en el diagnóstico de las complicaciones infecciosas de los "shunts" en niños hidrocéfalos.