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Diagnostic value of pulmonary infection score, calcitonin and C reactive protein in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis complicated with infection

  

  1. Department of Emergency, the Chest Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050041, China
  • Online:2016-07-25 Published:2016-08-11

Abstract: [ Abstract ] Objective To explorethe diagnosticsignificance , correlation and clinical
diagnosisvalueofthesimplifiedclinicalpulmonaryinfectionscore ( CPIS ), procalcitonin ( PCT )
andC-reactiveprotein ( CRP ) inidiopathicpulmonaryfibrosis ( IPF ) complicatedwithpulmonary
bacterialinfection.Methods Atotalof98adultpatients , whowereclinicallydiagnosedasIPF
complicatedwithpulmonarybacterialinfection , wereenrolledinthisprospectivediagnostictest ,
monitoringvariousinflammatoryindicatorssuchasCRP , PCT , calculatingthesimplifiedCPIS
onthefirstdayoftheadmission.Thesensitivity , specificity , accuracyofPCT , CRPandCPIS
forthediagnosisofIPFcombinedwithpulmonarybacterialinfectionswerecalculatedafterthe
experiment.Results Thesensitivity , specificityandaccuracyofPCTandCPISinthediagnosis
ofIPFwithpulmonaryinfectionwashigherthanthatofCRP.Thespecificityandaccuracyof
PCTcombinedwithsimplifiedCPISindiagnosisofIPFwithpulmonaryinfectionwashigherthan
thatofCPISandPCT , butthesensitivitywasnotimproved.ThePCTandCPISwerepositively
correlatedwiththeconventionalinflammatorymarkers ( r =0.450 , P =0. 000 ) .Conclusion The
simplified CPIScombined with PCT detection washelpfultoimprovetheearly diagnostic
specificityofIPFcomplicated withpulmonarybacterialinfection , andthesensitivitywasnot
improved.

Key words: pulmonary fibrosis, bacterial infections, Creactive protein, procalcitonin