Very well said Richard. Each has it's one place. Both have different purpose. Judicious use of both is required in a serial way.
On 30-Oct-2013, at 17:39, [email protected] wrote: > Apples and oranges. Lactate is a marker for tissue perfusion and time to > clearance of lactate is linked to risk of mortality. Procalcitonin is > helpful for identifying bacterial infection and potentially for de-escalating > abx therapy. If you're designing a protocol for sepsis you can get by > without a procalcitonin level, but lactate is a mainstay and critically > important. > Short answer...LACTATE. > > Rich Levrault DO > Intensivist > Holyoke Medical Center > > From: "Jody L Edwards" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:07:02 AM > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] procalcitonin > > <image001.jpg> > Our physician group is looking at procalcitonin levels vs lactic acid levels > as which one is a more accurate biomarker for severe sepsis and septic shock. > Has anyone completed a study regarding this issue. Any comments would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Jody > > Jody Edwards MSN, RN > Sepsis PI Coordinator > Springfield Regional Medical Center > 100 Medical Dr. 45504 > 937-523-5268 > [email protected] > > “Education will never be as expensive as ignorance”-Anonymous > > > > > “Confidential – Quality Improvement Information” > "CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message, including any attachments, is for the > sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail > and destroy all copies of the original message. > Privileged and Confidential Quality/Peer Review Document Pursuant to Ohio > Revised Code 2305.24, 2305.25., 2305.251, 2305.252, and 2305.253." > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message, including any attachments, is for the > sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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