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  • Title: The role of the serum inflammatory markers for predicting the tubo-ovarian abscess in acute pelvic inflammatory disease: a single-center 5-year experience.
    Author: Demirtas O, Akman L, Demirtas GS, Hursitoglu BS, Yilmaz H.
    Journal: Arch Gynecol Obstet; 2013 Mar; 287(3):519-23. PubMed ID: 23104053.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To compare patients with tubo ovarian abscess (TOA) and non-TOA acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and to determinate admitted day laboratory cut-off values for the TOA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Files of inpatients admitted to our clinic with the diagnoses of PID and/or TOA between the years of 2006 and 2011. Laboratory and culture results were obtained from the database of hospital. A total of 73 patients diagnosed with PID and/or TOA were evaluated. Patients who were diagnosed with TOA and PID by physical and sonographic examination were assigned to group 1 and group 2, respectively. Both groups were compared in terms of laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological parameters. RESULTS: Of 73 patients admitted with the diagnosis of PID, 44 (60.3 %) were found to have TOA, and 29 (39.7 %) were not found. Mean age of patients was determined as 41.4 ± 7.7 in group 1 and as 35.1 ± 6.8 in group 2. Abscess was detected more frequently in patients with low socio-cultural level, and this was found to be statistically significant. The diameter of abscess was found to be ≥5 cm in 39 (88.6 %) patients and <5 cm in 5 (11.4 %) patients. The average length of hospital stay was statistically significantly increased in patients with an abscess of ≥5 cm in size compared to patients with an abscess of <5 cm. When C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), leukocyte counts were statistically evaluated by ROC curves, diagnostic ability of CRP, ESR and leukocyte count was found to be 73, 87, and 58 %. CRP has a specificity of 63 % and a sensitivity of 72 % if cut-off value is considered as 11.5 mg/L whereas ESR has a specificity of 83 % and a sensitivity of 79 % if cut-off value is considered as 19.5 mm/1/2 h. CONCLUSION: ESR >19.5 mm/1/2 h and CRP >11.5 mg/L were the best predictors of TOA. The high level of CRP and ESR was associated with longer duration of hospitalization and disease severity, and these levels were statistically significantly associated with TOA size of ≥5 cm.
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