Open AccessThe Use of Procalcitonin as a Marker of Sepsis in Children
Author(s) -
Bin Mathew,
Dinesh Roy D,
T Vijaya Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/4739.2753
Subject(s) - procalcitonin , medicine , etiology , sepsis , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , gastroenterology , immunology
Sepsis is a life-threatening disease which is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The critically ill patients often manifest a Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) which is independent of an infection. The early diagnosis of different severities of sepsis is important for an early implementation of the specific therapies. Our objective was to evaluate the diagnostic and the prognostic values of blood Procalcitonin (PCT) in cases of bacterial septicaemia in children.