Does preoperative radiotherapy alter pre- and early postoperative serum C-reactive protein and albumin concentrations in colorectal cancer patients?
We have seen no differences in the CRP and albumin concentrations in preoperatively irradiated versus non-irradiated colorectal cancer patients on the day of surgery and on postoperative days 2, 3, 5 and 7. There were, however, significant concentration changes in the value of these two serum markers from preoperatively to postoperative day 2 and over the following postoperative week, but presumably related to the surgical trauma, not the neoadjuvant treatment.
Incremental titration of PEEP based on improvement in oxygenation does not decrease gastric intramucosal perfusion when cardiac output is preserved in patients with ARDS.