Serum procalcitonin levels as a marker of outcomes in bowel perforation.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O-
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/10/058470
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Medical College and Hospital Chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Age more than 18 years
2.Patients willing for participation in the study.
3.All patients presenting in emergency with secondary peritonitis on clinical examination and radiological investigations.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients operated outside GMCH and later referred to the centre.
2.Patients with other causes of raised procalcitonin levels which include chronic renal disease, neuro-endocrine tumours, heat stroke, Kawasaki disease, graft vs host disease, following granulocyte transfusions, treatment with interleukin-2 and carcinoid syndrome.
3.Patients with other causes of peritonitis which includes spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and tertiary peritonitis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method