Research Article
The Causes of Acute Fever Requiring Hospitalization in Geriatric Patients: Comparison of Infectious and NoninfectiousEtiology
Table 3
Laboratory features in diseases causing acute fever in geriatric patients.
| | Infectious diseases () | Noninfectious diseases () | P value |
| Leukocyte count | | | .1 | Neutrophil count | | | .02 | Lymphocyte count | | | .2 | Hemoglobin | | | .3 | MCV | | 8 | .03 | Platelet count | | | .6 | C-Reactive protein | | | .9 | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate | | | .03 | Ferritin | | | .7 | Iron | | | .7 | TDBK | | | .04 | AST | | | .2 | ALT | | | .3 | ALP | | | .04 | GGT | | | .7 | Glucose | | | .2 | Creatinine | | | .9 | LDH | | | .9 | Albumin | 3 | | .3 | Gama globulin | | | .3 | Calcium | | | .5 | Corrected calcium | | | .7 |
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