IBM WATSON trauma pathway explorer as a predictor for sepsis after polytrauma -is procalcitonin useful for identifying septic polytrauma patients?

• Authors: NIGGLI Cedric; VETTER Philipp; MICA Ladislav; CHALOUPKA Richard; VETTER Philipp; HAMBRECHT Jan; CHALOUPKA Richard; NIGGLI Phillip; HAMBRECHT Jan; NIGGLI Philipp; VOMELA Jindřich; PAPE Hans-Christoph
• Year of publication: 2022
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Surgery and Research
• Web: http://www.ahmp.cz/index.html?mid=61&wstyle=0&page=%27%27
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.26502/jsr.10020272
• Keywords: systemic inflammatory response syndrom (SIRS), polytrauma, sepsis
• Description: The threshold value of procalcitonin to predict sepsis et 24 hours is 0,7 mikrograms/l, and at 48 hours 0,5 mikrograms/l. value of PCT to predict sepsis at 24 hours is 0.7µg/l, and at 48 hours 0.5µg/l. The presented time course of PCT levels in polytrauma patients shows the PCT as a separate predictor for sepsis relatively early. Even later, during the 21-day observation period, time-dependent PCT values may be utilized as a benchmark for the early and preemptive detection of sepsis, which may reduce death from septic shock and other deadly infectious episodes.