Clinical Study
Are Pyogenic Liver Abscesses Still a Surgical Concern? A Western Experience
Table 1
The demographic, clinical, and biological data.
| Age | 64,4 | 15–94 |
| Sex ratio (M : F) | 1,24 | 1,24 |
| | Number of patients | Percentage |
| BMI > 30 | 16/103 | 15.50% | ASA > 2 | 68/103 | 66% | Immunosuppression | 2/103 | 1.90% | Chronic alcohol intake | 16/103 | 15.50% | Clinical presentation | | | Fever > 38,5°C | 95/102 | 93% | Abdominal pain | 74/101 | 73% | Chills | 47/86 | 54% | Vomiting | 31/102 | 30% | Jaundice | 13/102 | 12.60% | Hepatomegaly | 8/102 | 7.70% | Biology | | | CRP > 6 mg/L | 103/103 | 100% | Fibrinogen > 4,5 g/L | 87/91 | 95.60% | Albumin < 37 g/L | 97/103 | 94.30% | Proteins < 60 g/L | 32/95 | 33.60% | Leukocytes <4000/>10000 | 74/96 | 74.70% | Hemoglobin < 12 g/dL | 66/99 | 66.60% | Platelets <150,000/>500,000 | 27/96 | 28.10% | GGT > 38 UI | 89/95 | 93.60% | ALAT > 34 UI | 87/95 | 60.40% | Bilic > 3 μmol/L | 86/103 | 83.5% |
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