Serum procalcitonin
Significance of serum procalcitonin as a prognostic indicator in patients with sirs/sepsis
... Serum procalcitonin and procalcitonin clearance as a prognostic biomarker in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Biomed Res Int[r] ...
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Serum Procalcitonin Level as a Predictor of Bacterial Infection in Patients with COPD Exacerbation
... higher serum procalcitonin levels ...including serum C-reactive protein levels were considerably higher compared with patients with noninfectious causes of exacerbations ...a serum C-reactive ...
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The role of serum procalcitonin in establishing the diagnosis and prognosis of pleural infection
... information. Serum CRP, WCC and PCT were ...infection. Serum procalcitonin ...of procalcitonin was not affected by prior antibiotic use (p = ...
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Increased serum procalcitonin levels in pregnant patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria
... Also serum alkaline phosphatase can in- crease and may associate with inflammation ...elevated procalcitonin levels and there was significant elevation of procalcitonin in the ASB ...that ...
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Objective: To study the ROLE OF SERUM PROCALCITONIN AS A MARKER OF NEONATAL SEPSIS
... The serum Procalcitonin was measured by quantitative Enzyme linked iimunofluroscence assay and the results were compared to CRP levels between the neonates with or without proven ...of procalcitonin ...
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RANSON SCORE VS SERUM PROCALCITONIN FOR PREDICTING THE SEVERITY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
... a serum amylase level greater than three times the normal value or an elevated serum lipase level and radiological evidence of ...to serum Procalicotnin which is 29% and 90% and ...pancreatitis, ...
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Serum Procalcitonin as Outcome Predictors in Deep Neck Infections
... surgical procedure, Thyroid malignancy, and history of organ failure. Those who wish not to participate were also excluded. All eligible patients were collected baseline data, including gender, age, personal history of ...
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Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria
... shown that the so called "door-to-needle" time is a critical factor in the survival of patients with sepsis [21]. Clinical data as well as current guidelines generally help in the choice of empiric antibiotic ...
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The prognostic value of serum procalcitonin measurements in critically injured patients: a systematic review
... of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels, which has been of re- cent interest as a potential and more accurate marker of sepsis in critically ill ...have serum PCT levels less than ...that serum ...
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Serum Procalcitonin is a sensitive and specific marker in the diagnosis of septic arthritis and acute osteomyelitis
... Many of the complications secondary to delayed diag- nosis have come down in number due to the availability of powerful antibiotics but on the other hand this has led to the emergence of anti- microbial resistance due to ...
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The kinetics of serum Procalcitonin and its significane in predicting outcome following orthopedic surgery
... that PROCALCITONIN is elevated in human body as a part of pro-inflammatory response of the innate immune ...system. Procalcitonin is an accurate marker for differentiating bacterial infection from the non ...
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Decrease in serum procalcitonin levels over time during treatment of acute bacterial meningitis
... in serum PCT con- centrations over time in patients who had received appropriate antibiotic treatment from the moment they were admitted to ...in serum PCT levels occurring in patients who did not receive ...
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Serum Procalcitonin as a Diagnostic Marker of Bacterial Infection in Febrile Children
... Febrile illnesses are the most common cause for seeking health care in pediatric age group. Often children do not have classical signs and symptoms. In the past, various biomarkers have been evaluated with varying degree ...
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Role of serum procalcitonin as a marker for diagnosing neonatal sepsis
... Neonatal sepsis has subtle and nonspecific signs and symptoms. Though blood culture is considered as gold standard for the diagnosis, high chances of false negativity and delay in culture results often lead to ...
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Comparison of diagnostic and prognostic value of serum procalcitonin and serum lactate in pediatric sepsis
... differentiate sepsis from other non-infectious causes. Serum PCT levels are elevated in patients with bacterial infections. The diagnosis of infection in critically sick patients is challenging as the current ...
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Guiding Effect of Serum Procalcitonin (PCT) on the Antibiotic Application to Patients with Sepsis
... Procalcitonin (PCT) is a kind of calcitonin pro- peptide matter without the activity of hormone which can react to the severity of bacterial infec- tion and its control status. As a result, the speci- ficity and ...
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Serum procalcitonin level in chronic hemodialytic patients with no evidence of bacterial infection
... and serum samples from them before dialysis when 2 days had passed from the last dia- lysis because the timing was reliable to evaluate static state in hemodialytic ...
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The value of serum procalcitonin content for assessing the inflammation and organ injury in neonatal septicemia
... blood serum was obtained from each group in the same way, and the conditioned immunity was used to detect myocardial injury index content, including cardiac troponin I (cTnI), heart-type fatty acid-binding protein ...
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Serum Procalcitonin as a Useful Serologic Marker for Differential Diagnosis between Acute Gouty Attack and Bacterial Infection
... of serum PCT in dis- tinguishing acute gouty attack from various bacterial ...the serum PCT levels could be detected at ...however, serum AST level had no correlation with PCT ...that serum ...
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Utility of serum procalcitonin values in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cautionary note
... We accept that some subjects who were classified as having bacterial infection in our study were colonized rather than infected. However, only 17% of patients overall with AECOPD and without pneumonia, and only 25% of ...
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