About possibility of application of C-reactive protein and procalcitonine as actual and available markers of inflammation in surgery

Inflammatory response is the systemic response of the body to damage. In the event of inflammation, first of all, there are changes in the meta- bolic processes, which are reflected in the blood indicators. C-reactive protein, one of the possible markers of inflammation, has several advantages: it is a convenient, fast, accurate and cheap marker of inflammation. In this regard, it is easy to apply in a surgical hospital for the diagnosis of most inflammatory diseases.