Do you see extremely high CRP values in Influenza these days?
Just had two patients with Influenza A, one with a CRP of 200 and one with CRP 330. CT scan doesn't really show any other focus. The one with 330 had maybe a tiny pneumonia which - under normal circumstances - would never explain a CRP that high
Is anybody else seeing influenza patients with CRPs that high *without* any clear indication of a superinfection?
Edit: just a to be clear, not a single comment answers my actual question.
CRPs are usally done right when the patient gets in here, at least when it looks serious enough. I wasn't aware that the rest of the world didn't use that parameter, like at all.
The CRP 300 patient looked like total shit, had to actually stay at the hospital, hat mild DKA as well and some abdominal pain. CT didn't show anything for that either.
MY POINT is, a CRP of 300 is usually always indicative of bacterial infection. But apparently it's not something that's used or understood in this US-centric sub