Procalcitonin in liver transplant patients--yet another stone turned
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Procalcitonin in liver transplant patients--yet another stone turned. / Jensen, Jens-Ulrik; Lundgren, Jens D.
In: Critical Care (Online Edition), Vol. 12, No. 1, 2008, p. 108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Procalcitonin in liver transplant patients--yet another stone turned
AU - Jensen, Jens-Ulrik
AU - Lundgren, Jens D
N1 - Keywords: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Infections; Biological Markers; Calcitonin; Humans; Liver Transplantation; Postoperative Complications; Predictive Value of Tests; Protein Precursors
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Liver transplantation has been reported to initiate increases in procalcitonin levels, in the absence of bacterial infection. The results of a study investigating the course of procalcitonin levels over several days after liver transplantation in noninfected patients were recently reported in Critical Care. This study shows that procalcitonin levels increase only transiently, immediately after surgery, and thereafter they rapidly decrease. This new information gives us hope that procalcitonin can be used as a marker of bacterial infection in these patients. Further studies of patients undergoing liver transplantation with and without bacterial infection are needed.
AB - Liver transplantation has been reported to initiate increases in procalcitonin levels, in the absence of bacterial infection. The results of a study investigating the course of procalcitonin levels over several days after liver transplantation in noninfected patients were recently reported in Critical Care. This study shows that procalcitonin levels increase only transiently, immediately after surgery, and thereafter they rapidly decrease. This new information gives us hope that procalcitonin can be used as a marker of bacterial infection in these patients. Further studies of patients undergoing liver transplantation with and without bacterial infection are needed.
U2 - 10.1186/cc6221
DO - 10.1186/cc6221
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18254924
VL - 12
SP - 108
JO - Critical Care
JF - Critical Care
SN - 1364-8535
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 10699886