Diagnostic value of procalcitonin in predicting bacteremia in intensive care unit

[...]it is advisable to exclude the extreme values while analyzing the data{Table 1} PCT was measured only once within first 24 h of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission.Studies suggest that serial measurement of PCT predict outcome during ICU stay [4] The authors have sited that out of 92 nonbactere...

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Published in:Indian journal of critical care medicine 2018-05, Vol.22 (5), p.389-389
Main Authors: Patnaik, Rupali, Azim, Afzal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomarkers
Critical care
Inflammation
Intensive care
Letters to the Editor
Medical diagnosis
Mortality
Sepsis
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Summary:[...]it is advisable to exclude the extreme values while analyzing the data{Table 1} PCT was measured only once within first 24 h of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission.Studies suggest that serial measurement of PCT predict outcome during ICU stay [4] The authors have sited that out of 92 nonbacteremic patients (culture negative), 17 had systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), 34 had sepsis, and 41 had severe sepsis/septic shock.The authors have not described the cause of sepsis and septic shock in nonbacteremic group.[...]out of the 17 patients with SIRS in the nonbacteremic group, 7 (41.1%) patients had mortality which is quite high.
ISSN:0972-5229
1998-359X
DOI:10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_124_18