Journal article
PROCALCITONIN USE IN A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
The Pediatric infectious disease journal, v 33(9), pp 984-986
01 Sep 2014
PMID: 24747152
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Abstract
We evaluated whether procalcitonin (PCT) might aid diagnosing serious bacterial infections in a general pediatric intensive care unit population. Two-hundred and one patients accounted for 332 PCT samples. A PCT >= 1.45 ng/mL had a positive predictive value of 30%, a negative predictive value of 93% and a sensitivity of 72% and a specificity of 75%. These data suggest PCT can assist in identifying patients without serious bacterial infections and limit antimicrobial use.
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- Title
- PROCALCITONIN USE IN A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
- Creators
- Jeffrey J. Cies - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for ChildrenArun Chopra - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Pediatric infectious disease journal, v 33(9), pp 984-986
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000341017100024
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84926167363
- Other Identifier
- 991019350594804721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pediatrics