Can Procalcitonin help to distinguish between an acute bacterial pneumonia and influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia on an intensive care unit?
R Pfister, M Kochanek, T Leygeber, C Brun-Buisson, E Cuquemelle, M Benevides Paiva Machado, E Piacentini, N Hammond, P Ingram, G Michels · Pneumologie · 2014 · Heft 02
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Procalcitonin (PCT) is helpful for diagnosing bacterial infections. The diagnostic utility of PCT has not been examined thoroughly in critically ill patients with suspected H1N1 influenza. We prospectively assessed the clinical characteristics and PCT in patients admitted with lower respiratory tract infection to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) of the University hospital of Cologne during the 2009 and 2010 influenza seasons. Additionally, we performed a literature search to identify studies on the diagnostic role of PCT in ICU patients with suspected H1N1 influenza. Individual patient-data meta-analysis wa…
