C-Reactive Protein (CRP) as a Marker in Peripheral Vascular Disease

C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Autoimmune Disease: Facts and Conjectures

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a blood component comprised of five identical subunits with a combined molecular mass of 110 kDa; in the presence of Ca++ it binds phosphocholine (PC) with high affinity. Ligand-bound CRP activates complement and the protein reportedly binds various Fc receptors. Coincident with a now decade-long resurgence in clinical interest in associations of CRP with disease, ou...

C-reactive protein as a prognostic marker in lymphocytic myocarditis.

The prognosis of patients with lymphocytic myocarditis (LM) is poor with the combined endpoint of death or transplant in the Myocarditis Treatment trial being 56% at 5 years. Physicians often have difficulty determining the prognosis in an individual patient. Patients with LM may have ongoing myocardial inflammation. We evaluated the ability of a serum marker of inflammation to predict prognosi...

C-reactive protein: CRP IL-6 homocysteine.

C Reactive Protein as a Marker of Asthma Control

CRP is a marker of inflammation and increased levels have been associated with aging, smoking, cardiovascular diseases, connective tissue disorders and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Asthma is defined as a state of chronic inflammation where various cellular elements are involved. It is reasonable to expect elevated CRP levels in this chronic inflammatory disease. Hs-CRP assays a...

C-reactive protein as a marker of postoperative septic complications.

THE AIM OF THE STUDY was to answer the question whether or not determination of C-reactive protein in patients after serious abdominal surgeries can be prognostic of septic complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS 36 patients who underwent elective surgeries were included in the study. The patients were included either in the group where no postoperative SIRS developed or in the group where postop...