Aim: The principal objective in this paper is the evaluation of the C -Reactive Protein test {CRPJ role
as an ínflammation mark in the díagnostíc process of a c ute appendícítís and the relatíon wíth
hístopathologic studíes of some patíents operated for a probable acute appendícítís.
Material and Method: Thírty síx patients were consecutively operated for probable acute appendicitis. Before surgery, a CRP test was token. Every bíopsy were studíed in Anatomy and Pathologíc lnstítute, Hospital Clínico Uníversity of Chile, and faced with CRP test values.
Results: In thírty three patients an acute appendícítis was confírmed and three bíopsíes were consídered normal. CRP test was above normal values in thírty one patíents and fíve had values below 5 mg/dl. Analysis of hístophatological and CRP test results show that 87, 8% of patients with appendicitis had a CRP test value above normal range and cases with a high CRP test value 93, 5% had acute appendícitis.
Conclusíons: CRP is a good test in order to help acute app endícítis diagnostíc processes when the
clínical approach is not specifíc . This test has hígh predictive positíve value (93, 5%] with acute appendicitís when other ínflammatory processes are not present.
Avila C, P. ., Caballero, R. ., Jauregui L, C. ., Gutiérrez C, L. ., Rojas C , J., Tapia S, E. ., Nicola S, M. ., Sanchez I, E. ., & Carreño T, L. . (2003). Utilidad de la Proteína C Reactiva en Apendicitis aguda. Revista Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile, 14(2), pp. 111–15. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7996.2003.79375
