نتایج جستجو برای: procalcitonin
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BACKGROUND Early identification of treatment failure for nosocomial pneumonia remains a major challenge. The goal of this study was to test whether procalcitonin kinetics can be used to assess the clinical efficacy in older critically ill patients with nosocomial pneumonia. METHODS A prospective observational study was conducted with 60 subjects (≥ 65 y old) admitted to the ICU with severe no...
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate procalcitonin and high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) patients and assess their correlations with the clinical prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-three ISSNHL patients were included in the study (group A). The control group was consisted of 19 patients (group B). Procalc...
BACKGROUND Acute respiratory tract infections are the most common reason for antibiotic therapy in primary care despite their mainly viral etiology. A laboratory test measuring procalcitonin levels in blood specimens was suggested as a tool to reduce unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics. We consider whether antibiotic therapy guided by procalcitonin reduces the use of antibiotics without incr...
BACKGROUND/AIMS The prognostic role of serum procalcitonin level in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia was unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum procalcitonin level and mortality risk in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. METHODS Data of critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia w...
We evaluated the reliability of serum concentrations of procalcitonin for the diagnosis of early- and late-onset sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting. Timed procalcitonin determinations were prospectively obtained during two postnatal periods: 0-48 hours of age (period 1) and 3-30 days of age (period 2). In period 1, we measured procalcitonin concentrations in 83 healthy newb...
Introduction: The use of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a bacterial diagnostic marker is controversial in patients on hemodialysis (HD). Infections account for considerable morbidity and mortality in patients on HD. Hence, early diagnosis of bacterial infections is important to make a prognostic assessment of its severity. If PCT can be used as a primary marker for bacterial infections in patients on H...
Objective. To assess the predictive value of procalcitonin in detecting acute appendicitis (AP) in children, and to determine a cutoff value of procalcitonin which can safely include/exclude the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children with acute abdominal pain. Methods. Prospective cohort study of children aged 5-17 years presenting to the emergency room with right lower quadrant (RLQ) tend...
IMPORTANCE High-dose intravenous administration of sodium selenite has been proposed to improve outcome in sepsis by attenuating oxidative stress. Procalcitonin-guided antimicrobial therapy may hasten the diagnosis of sepsis, but effect on outcome is unclear. OBJECTIVE To determine whether high-dose intravenous sodium selenite treatment and procalcitonin-guided anti-infectious therapy in pati...
Background and purpose: Colorectal resection is used for various diseases and leakage in an anastomosis is one of its complications. Some studies confirmed the predictive effects of C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin markers leakage in anastomosis. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of CRP and procalcitonin in predicting anastomotic leakage in elective colorectal surge...
OBJECTIVES Our objective is to compare maternal plasma procalcitonin concentrations in preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM) and premature rupture of membranes (PROM) at term with their levels in uncomplicated pregnancy, and to determine whether these concentrations are useful in the diagnosis of pPROM cases suspected of infection and in the prediction of pPROM-to-delivery interval. ...
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