Open AccessProcalcitonin as a biomarker of bacterial infection in pediatric patients after congenital heart surgery
Author(s) -
Sujata Chakravarti,
Diane Reformina,
Timothy M Lee,
Samir Malhotra,
Ralph S. Mosca,
Puneet Bhatla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.180665
Subject(s) - interquartile range , medicine , procalcitonin , receiver operating characteristic , retrospective cohort study , biomarker , area under the curve , surgery , sepsis , biochemistry , chemistry
Bacterial infection (BI) after congenital heart surgery (CHS) is associated with increased morbidity and is difficult to differentiate from systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as a reliable biomarker of BI in various populations.