• Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. · Sep 2014

    Procalcitonin use in a pediatric intensive care unit.

    • Jeffrey J Cies and Arun Chopra.
    • From the *St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA; †Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; ‡Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE; §NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY; and ¶NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY.
    • Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2014 Sep 1; 33 (9): 984-6.

    AbstractWe evaluated whether procalcitonin (PCT) might aid diagnosing serious bacterial infections in a general pediatric intensive care unit population. Two-hundred and one patients accounted for 332 PCT samples. A PCT ≥1.45 ng/mL had a positive predictive value of 30%, a negative predictive value of 93% and a sensitivity of 72% and a specificity of 75%. These data suggest PCT can assist in identifying patients without serious bacterial infections and limit antimicrobial use.

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