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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Data on the reliability of point‐of‐care (POC) tests for the rapid diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) using synovial fluid (SF) D‐dimer (DD), interleukin 6 (IL‐6) and procalcitonin (PCT) are limited. This study aimed to address this issue by evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of POC tests for SF DD, IL‐6 and PCT in ...
Sujeesh Sebastian +6 more
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2007 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
Andrzej Torbé
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Update on Procalcitonin Measurements [PDF]
Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 2014 Procalcitonin (PCT) is used as a biomarker for the diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock. At the same time, PCT has also been used to guide antibiotic therapy. This review outlines the main indications for PCT measurement and points out possible pitfalls.
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Precision Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.The prognosis of LUAD was significantly influenced by many clinical and protein biomarkers. A risk model was developed to help identify advanced LUAD patients who would benefit from thoracic radiotherapy, and thoracic radiotherapy just significantly improved the survival of low‐risk patients but not that of high‐risk.
Chunliu Meng +7 more
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Procalcitonin in Critical Illness
Critical Care and Resuscitation, 2001 To detail the biology and diagnostic usefulness of serum procalcitonin in critical illness.A review of articles published in peer reviewed journals from 1990 to 2001 and identified through a MEDLINE search on procalcitonin.Procalcitonin (PCT) is a prohormone of calcitonin.
E, O'Connor +4 more
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Canine Procalcitonin Messenger RNA Expression [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2008 Procalcitonin is considered an acute phase protein used as both a marker of infection and prognosis in human medicine. Canine procalcitonin has been previously sequenced; however, its use as a diagnostic or prognostic tool in dogs has never been assessed.
Sharon, Kuzi +5 more
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Non-skeletal activities of vitamin d: From physiology to brain pathology [PDF]
, 2019 Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone regulating the expression of almost 900 genes, and it is involved in the regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism, immune response, and brain development.
Bruna Lo Sasso +6 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction This study aims to investigate patient factors affecting the rate of plasma volume target attained in hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis (HTG‐AP) patients undergoing double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP). Methods A retrospective analysis of 82 HTG‐AP‐interpreted patients from January 2019 to April 2024 compared target plasma ...
Hui Zhang, Chenqiang Zhu, Yunlong Wu
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Procalcitonin as an indicator of urosepsis
Research and Reports in Urology, 2013 Koichi Sugimoto, Shogo Adomi, Hiroyuki Koike, Atsunobu Esa Department of Urology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan Background: Procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, so this study was carried out to determine the ...
Sugimoto K, Adomi S, Koike H, Esa A
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Ultra-sensitive procalcitonin may help rule out bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis
Annals of Hepatology, 2014 Background. Bacterial infections are frequent complications in patients with cirrhosis. Since they are associated with poor outcomes, antibiotics are frequently over-prescribed. Surrogate markers of bacterial infections, like procalcitonin, are needed to
Sebastián Marciano, M.D. +10 more
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