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Procalcitonin

Aka: Procalcitonin, proCT

Indication
1. New marker for pediatric Sepsis evaluation
Efficacy (Small trial: N=177 with 18 septic infants)
1. Test Sensitivity: 100%
2. Test Specificity: 100%
  1. Only septic children had significant proCT increase
  2. Other children had no increase or a mild increase
Advantages
1. Requires only 20 ul plasma
2. Lab runs in only 2 hours
Reference
1. Gendrel (1996) J Pediatr 128:570-3

procalcitonin (C0072027)
Concepts	Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein (T116) , Biologically Active Substance (T123)
MSH	C029100
SnomedCT	418752001
English	calcitonin precursor polyprotein, Calcitonin, pro-, pro calcitonin, procalcitonin, Procalcitonin, Calcitonin precursor polyprotein, Procalcitonin (substance)
Spanish	procalcitonina (sustancia), procalcitonina
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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