Search Tag: C-Reactive protein

2025 20 Mar

Pancreatic stone protein (PSP), C-reactive protein (CRP), and procalcitonin (PCT) are potential biomarkers for early detection of infection and sepsis in critically ill patients.    A poster presentation @ISICEM on Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) highlighted how this biomarker plays a role as an early sepsis predictor.    The study aimed...Read more

2021 20 Apr

Sepsis is a global healthcare problem, with 50 million cases each year and 11 million related deaths  1 . It’s the life-threatening complication of an infection, in which the host’s immune response to a pathogen damages its own organs. The clinical diagnosis of sepsis relies mostly on signs and symptoms that are neither sensitive nor specific enough...Read more