CHICAGO -- Incorporating procalcitonin into an algorithm for sepsis diagnosis in the emergency department did not affect the timeliness of patients receiving IV antibiotics, but it did reduce ...

Objective: Procalcitonin has emerged as a promising infection marker, but previous reports from small-sized studies suggest nonspecific elevation of procalcitonin after pediatric heart surgery. As ...

Made up of a protein structure containing 116 amino acids, procalcitonin acts as a substrate for production of calcitonin – a hormone responsible for producing C-cells of the thyroid gland and ...

A study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases claims that high adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guidelines is necessary to reduce antibiotic use in patients with ...

The early diagnosis of sepsis is necessary to help patients and prevent the unnecessary use of antimicrobial agents. This serious condition, resulting from harmful micro-organisms in the blood or ...

To analyze procalcitonin (PCT) level in acute traumatic spinal cord injury patients with and without postoperative infectious complications, and to determine whether PCT is a prognostic parameter of ...

The utility of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as infectious biomarkers following infant cardiothoracic surgery is not well defined. We designed a prospective cohort study to evaluate ...

Analysis of Predictive Biomarkers in Patients With Lung Adenocarcinoma From Southern Brazil Reveals a Distinct Profile From Other Regions of the Country Various mechanisms, including infections, drug ...

Procalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.

Offering many advantages over current diagnostic tests for bacterial infection, measurement of circulatory procalcitonin (PCT) represents a method of realizing effective antibiotic stewardship in the ...