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 ...

Since its emergence in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of COVID-19, has already infected more than 92 million people and claimed ...

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 ...

In 14 U.S. hospitals with high adherence to quality measures for the treatment of pneumonia, we provided guidance for clinicians about national clinical practice recommendations for the treatment of ...

Objectives: To investigate the specific characteristics of serum procalcitonin in children with severe infection, to identify relevant factors influencing procalcitonin increase, to assess its ...

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 ...

Emergency physicians do not commonly use the tools available for risk stratifying patients with febrile neutropenia. Most decide to admit these patients, even when they are considered to be at low ...

Although clinical trials have demonstrated the utility of procalcitonin (PCT) testing and potential benefit on antibiotic stewardship, findings suggest that clinicians do not order PCT testing with ...

Procalcitonin may be a better predictor of acute pyelonephritis than C-reactive protein or white blood cell counts during the early stages of urinary tract infections in children, according to study ...

The rate of death from severe sepsis ranges from 30 to 50% despite advances in critical care. 1 In the United States, approximately 750 000 cases of sepsis occur each year, at least 225 000 of which ...

Credit: Getty Images. Among 140 patients included in the analysis, 56.4% had serum procalcitonin levels of less than 0.5 ng/mL, while 43.6% had levels of 0.5 ng/mL or higher. Elevated serum ...

Join us to discover how Procalcitonin testing improves patient outcomes, contributing to antibiotic stewardship efforts. Talks will cover essential topics such as assay selection, validation, ...