Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Mohammad Kazem Momeni ¹
• Faroogh Hakimi ²
• Farzaneh Gorgani ³
• Asadollah Shakeri ⁴
• Elham Shahreki ⁵
• Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam ⁶
• Roghayeh Sheervalilou ⁷

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Clinical Immunology Research Center, Ali IbneAbitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

² Ali IbneAbitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

³ Buali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Science, Zahedan, Iran

⁵ Department of Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Ali IbneAbitaleb Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

⁶ Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

⁷ Pharmacology Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and the mortality rate of patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), starting from the time of discharge until two months later. In this study, 125 patients admitted to the ICU were studied. The patients’ demographic data and physical examination, particularly the exact level of CRP obtained through questionnaires. All discharged patients were followed for 60 days. All data were analyzed with SPSS. The mean CRP was higher in ICU patients who died until two months after discharge (p

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Keywords

• Intensive care unit (ICU)
• C-reactive protein (CRP)
• Discharge
• Mortality