Burroughs, Andrew K.Pieri, GiuliaAgarwal, BanwariIn the general population, C-reactive protein (CRP) level increases in the presence of acute or chronic inflammation and infections. In patients with cirrhosis, the basal level is higher than in patients without cirrhosis, due to chronic hepatic and other inflammation, but when infection occurs the more severe the underlying liver dysfunction, the lower the increase in CRP. Therefore, the predictive power of CRP for infection and prognosis is weak in patients with decompensated/advanced cirrhosis and in the intensive care setting. However, higher CRP and also persistently elevated CRP levels can help identify patients with a higher shortterm risk of mortality.Keywords C-reactive protein, bacterial infections, cirrhosis, Intensive Care Unit, mortality, prognosisAnn Gastroenterol 2014; 27 (2): 113-120text/htmlapplication/pdfapplication/mswordhttp://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/1561engHellenic Society of Gastroenterology1792-74631108-7471Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 27, No 2 (2014); 113C-reactive protein and bacterial infection in cirrhosisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2014-03-11Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΓαστροεντερολογίαGastroenterologyisi -Gastroenterology & Hepatology covers resources on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of the digestive system. This category includes specific resources on the prognosis and treatment of digestive diseases; stomach ulcers; metabolic, genetic, infectious and chemically induced diseases of the liver; colitis; diseases of the pancreas and diseases of the rectum.Επιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΕλληνική Γαστροεντερολογική ΕταιρίαGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)other