Abstract
The aim of the study was to assess the kinetics of CRP (C–reactive protein) concentration
in patients treated operatively due to atheromatous arterial obliteration of the lower
limbs. The obtained results indicate decisively that there is no point in determining
CRP as far as the diagnosis of the grade of lower limb ischaemia is concerned. The
obtained and statistically processed data were the sufficient basis to give the equation
of regression curve of the third grade for the postoperative period, which proceeded
without complications. The highest CRP concentration occurred on the third day after
the operation. Then a slow reduction in the concentration of the examined protein
and its gradual return to the baseline values were observed. The postoperative complications
may be indicated by CRP concentration whose values were different from those presented
below. Therefore determination of CRP concentration is a very useful examination after
grafting the aortal-bifurcated prosthesis.
