Role of post-operative serum C-reactive protein levels as a predictor of complications in upper gastrointestinal surgery

This study was undertaken to assess the value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in predicting infective complications after elective upper gastrointestinal surgery.Demographic data, clinical outcomes and serial CRPs preoperatively to post-operative day (POD) 7 were collected for patients undergoing pancreatectomy, hepatectomy and oesophago-gastrectomy between 2005 and 2016. Areas under the curve (AUC) were used to evaluate diagnostic accuracy per day...