Procalcitonin as a diagnostic biomarker of sepsis: A tertiary care centre experience

• Main Authors: Shefali Gupta (Author), Pradeep Jaswani (Author), Raj K. Sharma (Author), Suraksha Agrawal (Author), Narayan Prasad (Author), Chinmoy Sahu (Author), Amit Gupta (Author), Kashi N. Prasad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Despite the advancement in diagnostic modalities of sepsis, it is still a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Differentiation between sepsis and non-infectious disease states remains a diagnostic challenge. Procalcitonin (PCT) is useful for the diagnosis of sepsis but it varies i...