The use of procalcitonin in the determination of severity of sepsis, patient outcomes and infection characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary objective of this study was to determine the correlation between procalcitonin values and illness severity by evaluating the degree of end organ dysfunction using the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, length of stay and the severity of sepsis (sepsis alone vs. septic shock), The hypothesis that procalcitonin values would be higher in sicker patients was formulated before data collection began. Secondary outcomes studied in relation to procalcitonin levels included infection characteristics such as the site of infection, microbial agent and dialysis dependent CKD.

Design

Unblinded retrospective cohort study. September 2014-December 2016.

Setting

364 patients with a diagnosis of sepsis or severe sepsis who were admitted to the general medi

SUBMITTER: Yunus I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235293 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature