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Epidemiology and disease burdenOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
CRP level was significantly elevated in relation to increased period of IMV days (r = 0.714, p = <0.001), NIMV days (r = 0.491, p =<0.001), ICU stay (r = 0.690, p =<0.001) and hospital stay (r = 0.686, p = <0.001).
Conclusion: The following conclusion was obtained from the current study: CRP as biological marker was noticed to be elevated in patients with AECOPD who needed ICU admission. CRP is good indicator of future increase of MV days, hospital stay and ICU stay. There was a significant relation between CRP level and mortality. 100% of our study cases of low group discharged on improvement it reflects the benefit of grouping our study cases. There was no significant relation between CRP level and development of acute heart failure regarding the inclusion criteria in the study.