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Timing of C‐reactive protein increment in acute traumatic stress: relevance for CRP determinations in acute cardiovascular events by Ortal Segal; Eyal Behrbalk; Itzhak Shapira; Itzhak Otremsky; Shlomo Berliner; Pinkhas Halpern; Jack Serov; Yaron Arbel is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract It is not clear whether acute stress of a few hours duration is capable of increasing the concentration of C‐reactive protein (CRP), a valuable biomarker in patients with acute myocardial infarction or stroke. Therefore, we measured the concentration of CRP in patients who presented with an acute fracture and in whom we can assume that the CRP concentrations prior to the event were within the normal limits. There were 20 patients with bone fractures and 20 gender‐ and body mass index (BMI)‐matched controls aged 52 ± 27 and 51 ± 21 years, respectively [mean ± standard deviation (SD)]. The patients were examined 3.2 ± 2.5 h (mean ± SD) after their actual trauma and presented with modestly elevated concentrations of CRP (2.7 ± 2.1 mg/L) as compared with the controls (2 ± 2.2 mg/L). At the same time, the expected increment in the white blood cell count was noted in the patients (12.4 ± 3 × 10^3^/mL) as opposed to the controls (7.1 ± 1.9, p < 0.001). We conclude that the expected increment in CRP within a few hours after the onset of acute traumatic stress is modest. The findings are relevant for stressful conditions of acute myocardial infarction and stroke that present wit

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Author

Ortal Segal; Eyal Behrbalk; Itzhak Shapira; Itzhak Otremsky; Shlomo Berliner; Pinkhas Halpern; Jack Serov; Yaron Arbel

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1532-3005)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)