Is procalcitonin a reliable marker of sepsis in critically ill septic patients undergoing continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration with "high cut-off" membranes (HCO-CVVHDF)?

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2013 Jun 21;51(11):e261-3. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0257.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / complications
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Critical Illness
  • Hemofiltration / methods*
  • Humans
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Sepsis / blood*
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Sepsis / therapy*
  • Veins*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide