[PDF] Top 20 Predictive value of procalcitonin decrease in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational study

... Our study has some ...the patients (51.2%) in the Finnsepsis study, and Δ PCT could be calculated from only one third of all patients (155/470, ...the patients with PCT measurements did ... See full document

... This study has some ...prospectively, patients were not ran- domized to treatment arms targeting different MAP values or vasopressors, inotropes or fluid ...more severe illness. Second, exclusion of ... See full document

... adult patients (>18 years) with severe sepsis or septic shock admitted over an 18- month period at ...The study was approved by the Mayo Institutional Review Board and written consent was ... See full document

... in patients with celiac disease [54, 55]. The present study showed that abnormal intestinal folds were more common in critically ill patients ...this study. In our study, we analyzed ... See full document

... nostic value of these scores has been assessed in patients with severe sepsis, and the scores have been found to provide useful prognostic information for such patients and to help ... See full document

... differentiate infection from bacterial to non bacterial origin. This was proved by many studies in the past like to differentiate between bacterial from viral meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, fever of unknown origin to ... See full document

... one study has evaluated serum PCT concentrations in pa- tients with sPTB and intact membranes ...The study population consisted of 53 women with preterm labour and 31 healthy pregnant ...in patients ... See full document

... adult patients treated in the ICU for proven or suspected infection with at least one new organ dysfunction related to the infection were eligible for ...reference value, metabolic acidosis with a base ... See full document

... the study period, patients were diagnosed with sepsis if they had an initial positive qSOFA score, the presence of infection, and a SOFA score ≥ ...these patients, we included only adults (≥ ... See full document

... in severe bacterial infection and sepsis ...in patients with genetic ...a predictive marker for IVIG resistance in KD patients is limited ...a prospective study in an ... See full document

... In sepsis, significant endothelial hyperpermeability similar to that of HAE is observed systemically ...present study, the highest values of C1-INH activity were found in the non-refractory shock group, ... See full document

... in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, and only ...our patients with unknown focus were examined with echocardiog- ...the patients without ascertained focus of infection had ...on ... See full document

... clinical data were collected retrospec- tively, most data elements were easily captured from the patients’ charts. It is unfortunate that bacterial isolates were not available for strain typing or identification of ... See full document

... of sepsis are recognized: (A) time from onset of infection to a detectable condition, (B) time from a detectable condi- tion to diagnosis, and (C) time from diagnosis to anti- biotic administration (time to ... See full document

... present study, we found serum AMH levels with a threshold of ...this study. More studies are needed to test which value would be most useful in clinical ... See full document

... in patients with severe sepsis, although these results stand as the largest prospective evaluation of EVLW in patients with severe ...ill patients [22,25,38,50] despite ... See full document

... stable patients, while liposomal amphotericin B or echinocandins are preferred in the presence of hemody- namic compromise, severe infections, or prior exposure to ...burn patients with fungemia are ... See full document

... Severe sepsis and septic shock are common diseases in ICUs, with high mortality rates ...88,000 patients with severe sep- sis or septic shock in 2011 in German hospitals, with associated ... See full document

... of patients and predictors of outcome in uni- and multi- variate logistic regression ...in patients with malignancy or cardiovascular ...analysis, patients with confirmed endo- carditis and abdominal ... See full document

... Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a well‑known prognostic marker after elective cardiac ...in patients with an initially uneventful postoperative course is still ...this study was to evaluate PCT ... See full document