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[DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE HOMEOSTASIS PARAMETERS IN SEPSIS DETECTING IN PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS-INFLAMMATORY
Abstract:
Purpose of the study was to define the diagnostic value of clinical and laboratory criteria of sepsis during the postop- erative period Methods. The results of 269 blood tests (biochemical, coagulation, hematology and microbiology) which were per- formed in 115 patients in the early postoperative period (starting from the first postoperative day) and in the late post- operative periods were analyzed.
Results:
Presepsin and procalcitonin have a similar diagnostic sensitivity in detection of sepsis - 89% (Psp>328.5 ng/l, PCT>1 ng/ml), but presepsin have a statistically significant lower specificity in comparison with procalcitonin (31% and 61%, respectively). This fact limits the use of presepsin in routine practice in multidisciplinary surgical hospital. Quantitative determination ofprocalcitonin is most preferably for the detection of septic complications in patients in the postoperative period, the results ofpresepsin must be interpreted only with other biochemical and hematological parameters.
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