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Tag Biomarker
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Procalcitonin

Procalcitonin is the propeptide of calcitonin, a 116-peptide molecule with a molecular weight of 13 kDa. Procalcitonin has been studied as a sepsis biomarker, to help with diagnosing/ ruling out sepsis and to guide the initiation and cessation of antibiotics
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Sepsis Biomarkers

Reviewed and revised 20 December 2015 OVERVIEW At least 178 different sepsis biomarkers have been described in the published medical literature, reflecting the complex pathophysiology of sepsis e.g. coagulation, complement, contact system activation, inflammation, and apoptosis also biomarkers of complications, e.g.…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Cardiac Biomarkers

Biomarkers can potentially be used to detect and monitor a wide range of cardiac conditions in the critical care setting