OBJECTIVE To examine the association of serum CRP and ESR with muscle strength in patients with knee OA. METHODS Cross-sectional data from 285 patients with knee OA from the Amsterdam Osteoarthritis (AMS-OA) cohort were analysed. CRP (mg/l) and ESR (mm/l) were measured in serum from patients' blood samples and the values were dichotomized for the analyses. Strength of quadriceps and hamstring...

The most widely used inflammatory markers are erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT). A review of the literature was done on their application in spinal infections and spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. ESR, CRP and PCT as markers of infection have their uses in various but specific medical

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the relation of platelet count (PLT) and plateletcrit (PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) with other acute phase reactants and radiological extent in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). METHODS One hundred patients with PTB (Group 1), 50 patients with community-acquired pneumonia (Group 2) and 28 healthy control in...

Abstract Objectives To investigate the relationship between ratios of C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin, neutrophil/lymphocyte (NLR), monocyte/lymphocyte (MLR), mean platelet volume (MPV)/platelet and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)/albumin in pediatric patients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia based on severity disease. Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study included 5...

Background. The role of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in predicting outcome of prosthetic joint infections (PJI), treated with a 2-stage exchange, has been inconclusive. We evaluated the utility of ESR and CRP and their improvement during treatment in predicting cure at the time of the second stage surgery in adults with PJI treated with a 2-stage approach. M...

The orthopedic community continues to struggle for accurate diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) as it is a devastating complication after total joint arthroplasty. There is no universally accepted diagnostic test that is absolute or reliable for detection of PJI. Recent research has raised doubt regarding the utility of various inflammatory markers in diagnosis. The aim of study i...

background procalcitonin (pct) levels are increased in sepsis. in most previously conducted research, pct levels were found to increase during septic shock. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare pct levels with crp and esr levels in children with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs), sepsis, and septic shock. methods this cross-sectional study was conducted between decem...

We read with great interest the recent article by Fleischmann et al which reports a post hoc analysis of five rheumatoid arthritis (RA) randomised clinical trials (RCTs) to evaluate the correlation between Disease Activity Score in 28 joints calculated by using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) or C reactive protein (DAS28-CRP). Since its introduction, DAS28-CRP has been used to evalua...