Curr Health Sci J, vol. 46, no. 2, 2020

Analysis of Biochemical Parameters in Children with Chronic Tonsillitis

[Original paper]

B.S. VINTILESCU(1), E. IONITA(2), E.C. NICULESCU(3), M.D. STEPAN(3), C.A. BECHEANU(4)


(1)PhD Student, ENT Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(2)ENT Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(3)Department of Infant Care-Pediatrics-Neonatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(4)Department of Pediatrics, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania


Abstract:

Chronic tonsillitis are frequent in pediatric pathology with numerous involved risk factors and pathogenic mechanisms. In this study, epidemiological data and biochemical values addressed to inflammation and mineral, lipid and hepatic metabolism were analyzed for 37 children of school age with chronic tonsillitis. We found that in the majority of cases, chronic tonsillitis was associated with increasing number of blood circulating inflammatory cells, high values of transaminases, cholesterol, triglycerides and low values of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, calcium, vitamin D and serum iron. The results indicated relations of the biochemical profile analyzed with risk factors and systemic mechanisms for initiation and maintenance of chronic tonsillitis, aspects that can be used to optimize the prognosis of chronic tonsillitis in children.


Keywords:
Chronic tonsillitis, children, biochemical parameters



Corresponding:
Mioara Desdemona Stepan, Department of Infant Care-Pediatrics-Neonatology Discipline of Paediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania, Petru Rares Str., no.2, Craiova 200349, Romania; e-mail: dstepan80@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.46.02.05 - Download PDF