We have been using this as a sepsis biomarker in Ob population....it just indicates a mere inflammatory response...has been found to be elevated in all conditions that triggers SIRS (pancreatitis etc)! Further, we didn't find to be very useful with regards to decide antibiotic de-escalation....felt clinical criteria were superior than Procal (personal experience)! Also, the utility value depends upon the methodology by which this assay is done in lab.
BW, Sunil *------------* ** *Dr.Sunil T Pandya* * * *Hon. Secretary, Association of Obstetric Anaesthesiologists, India ( www.aoaindia.com)* *Hon. Secretary, Society of Obstetric Medicine, India* *EC member, Academy of Regional Anaesthesia, India (www.aoraindia.com)* * * *Head, **Dept. of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care,* *Fernandez Hospital (Health care for Women and the Newborn), ** www.fernandezhospital.com* * * *Director, Prerna Anaesthesia and Critical Care Services Pvt Ltd ( www.prernaanaesthesia.com)* *Hyderabad, India.* * * On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:57 PM, patty jasper <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > We are just starting to use Procalcitonin at our facility and I was > wondering what has been the general experience with it? > > Has anyone used it in the OB population? > > Has anyone used it in the pediatric population? > > Thanks > > Patty Garrity-Jasper, RN Clinical Educator > Mercy General > Sacramento, CA > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > >
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