Can procalcitonin help us in timing of re-intervention in septic patients after multiple trauma or major surgery?

P Svoboda, Ilona Kantorová, Peter Scheer, Jana Radvanová, Martin Radvan

PubMed · 2007 · 78 citations · 0 references

Abstract

We observed a clear tendency to decrease extent of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in patients, in which therapeutic decision was made earlier using procalcitonin as an additional marker separating local infection from generalized one.