Diagnostic Value and Prognostic Use of Presepsin Versus Procalcitonin in Sepsis

Abstract

This study shows the superiority of presepsin over procalcitonin as it has much better specificity and a similar sensitivity than procalcitonin and is a better indicator of 28-day mortality. The new cut off that we have postulated here for presepsin improves the efficiency of the inflammatory marker by increasing its sensitivity at the cost of decreasing its specificity slightly.