CORRELATION BETWEEN INFLAMMATORY PARAMETERS AND MARKERS OF CHOLESTASIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between inflammatory parameters and markers of cholestasis in patients with choledocholithiasis. All subjects underwent clinical, laboratory and ultrasound examination at the Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital Niš, Serbia. Inflammatory parameters and biochemical markers of cholestasis were measured by standard biochemical methods. Most of cholestasis markers showed no significant correlation with inflammatory parameters in blood, except for a weak significant correlation between the number of monocytes with the activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (r=0.37, p<0.05). Hyperbilirubinemia was significantly correlated with the fibrinogen values (r=0.42, p<0.05), while albumin positive values were positively associated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity (r=0.5, p<0.05), and negatively with the alkaline phosphatase (AP) (r=-0.43, p<0.05). In patients with choledocholithiasis, there was a positive correlation between the number of monocytes and the activities of AST, hyperbilirubinemia, and fibrinogen, albumin and ALT, while a negative correlation between albumin and AP was present.

Keywords

• cholestasis
• inflammation
• choledocholithiasis