A study on biomarkers of sepsis and potential role of procalcitonin and ferritin marker in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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- Also identified by DOI 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1920_21 and PMC identifier 9480650.
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Abstract
To evaluate the potential value of serum procalcitonin and serum ferritin levels in patients with clinically suspected and proven sepsis and their comparison with established inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein (CRP) and total leukocyte count. A total of 60 clinically suspected cases of sepsis were included in this study and each patient was investigated for serum S. ferritin, procalcitonin, and CRP and blood cultures using the BacT/Alert system. Serum procalcitonin at a cut-off value of >2 ng/ml is a valuable biomarker for early diagnosis in sepsis patients due to bacterial infection and has a greater predictive value than serum ferritin, CRP, or any other biomarkers.