ArticleYonago acta medica2017
Serum Procalcitonin in Patients with Acute Liver Failure.
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- Diagnosis and management of pediatric acute liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Indian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ISPGHAN).Hepatology international · 2024Review
- Procalcitonin in early allograft dysfunction after orthotopic liver transplantation: a retrospective single centre study.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Extremely Elevated Procalcitonin in a Case of Acetaminophen Overdose and Acute Liver Injury.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022Article
- Association Between Procalcitonin and Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin for Bacterial Infection in Liver Failure: A Meta-Analysis.Bioinorganic chemistry and applications · 2021Article
- Development of a novel score for the diagnosis of bacterial infection in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.World journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Elevated procalcitonin levels in patients with acetaminophen intoxication: two case reports: A CARE-compliant article.Medicine · 2020Article
- Procalcitonin and Liver Disease: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2019Review
- The Confounding Effects of Non-cardiac Pathologies on the Interpretation of Cardiac Biomarkers.Current heart failure reports · 2018Review
- Standard-Volume Is As Effective As High-Volume Plasma Exchange for Patients With Acute Liver Failure.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
- Serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the evaluation of bacterial infection in generalized pustular psoriasis.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundProcalcitonin (PCT) is a known diagnostic marker of bacterial infection. There are no previous reports of PCT concerning acute liver failure (ALF). We evaluated the clinical value of serum PCT levels in patients with ALF.
methodsForty-four patients with acute hepatitis (19 men and 25 women; median age, 40 years; range, 20-79 years) were retrospectively enrolled from January 2001 and June 2015. PCT levels were measured by saved serum samples obtained within 3 days after admission. ALF was defined as prothrombin time (PT) < 40% regardless of hepatic encephalopathy.
resultsSerum PCT levels were significantly higher in the patients with ALF (
conclusionSerum PCT level was significantly higher in patients with ALF.
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