ReviewBiomarker insights2018
Is Procalcitonin Useful in Pediatric Critical Care Patients?
Review in Biomarker insights, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Lung ultrasound and procalcitonin, improving antibiotic management and avoiding radiation exposure in pediatric critical patients with bacterial pneumonia: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of medical research · 2024Trial
- Procalcitonin and lung ultrasound algorithm to diagnose severe pneumonia in critical paediatric patients (PROLUSP study). A randomised clinical trial.Respiratory research · 2020Trial
- Association between serum procalcitonin levels and outcomes of patients admitted to two tertiary paediatric intensive care units in Bloemfontein: A retrospective analytical study.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2025Article
- Hemadsorption with CytoSorb in Infants with Sepsis: Non-Systematic Review of Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score Combined with Procalcitonin and Lung Ultrasound (CPIS-PLUS), a Good Tool for Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Early Diagnosis in Pediatrics.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Procalcitonin and Risk Prediction for Diagnosing Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective, National Observational Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Chronic Appendicitis-From Ambiguous Clinical Image to Inconclusive Imaging Studies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Use of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of bacterial infection in infants with severe bronchiolitis.European journal of pediatrics · 2021Observational
- Infection…what else? The usefulness of procalcitonin in children after cardiac surgery.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Evaluating antimicrobial appropriateness in a tertiary care pediatric ICU in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective cohort study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Article
- Procalcitonin to stop antibiotics after cardiovascular surgery in a pediatric intensive care unit-The PROSACAB study.PloS one · 2019Article
- Prognostic value of biomarkers after cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatrics: The prospective PANCAP study.PloS one · 2019Observational
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3 authors.
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Abstract
This review examines the use of procalcitonin in different clinical situations in the pediatric patient, with special emphasis on those requiring intensive care. We review the latest articles on its potency as a biomarker in both infectious processes at diagnosis and on the response to treatment.
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