Observational studySaudi medical journal2021
Prognostic importance of serum presepsin level in pneumonia focal sepsis and its relationship with other biomarkers and clinical severity scores.
Observational study in Saudi medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Admission SpOTranslational pediatrics · 2026Article
- Presepsin as a Prognostic Biomarker for Short-Term Mortality in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Narrative Review: Research Progress and Future Directions of Presepsin in Neurological Prognostication of Adult Post-Return of Spontaneous Circulation (Post-ROSC) Cardiac Arrest Survivors.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Prognostic value of multivariate logistic regression analysis and amyloid A lactate monitoring in patients with severe pneumonia-associated sepsis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- A Review on Risk Factors, Traditional Diagnostic Techniques, and Biomarkers for Pneumonia Prognostication and Management in Diabetic Patients.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo analyze the prognostic value of serum presepsin value in community-acquired pneumonia focal sepsis using sepsis-3 criteria and its relationship with other biomarkers and clinical severity scores.
methodsFor this prospective observational study, 176 patients above 18 years old, diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia, pneumonia focal sepsis and septic shock were included. It was performed in a tertiary hospital between May 2020 and December 2020. Blood samples were obtained from patients for presepsin levels at the time of diagnosis in the emergency room. The serum presepsin levels of 3 groups were statistically compared with each other.
resultsThe sepsis group had significantly higher serum presepsin levels than the pneumonia group (
conclusionSerum presepsin level is a new biomarker that can be used an indicator of sepsis and mortality in community-acquired pneumonia. However, for determining the prognosis of sepsis, there was no superiority detected over other biomarkers and clinical severity scores.
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