Search Tag: CRP

Sepsis

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 aime1Read more

Sepsis

2023 09 May

Sepsis is characterised by a dysregulated host response to infection resulting in organ dysfunction. It poses a significant global health problem, with a high mortality risk and millions of patients affected annually. Epidemiological studies have shown that nearly 20% of septic patients require mechanical ventilation, leading to significant health1Read more

Sepsis

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 enou1Read more

ICU Management

2020 05 Oct

Nova Biomedical announces the addition of C-reactive protein (CRP) testing to its Allegro capillary blood analyzer for point-of-care (POC) testing in primary care settings. The Allegro and its StatStrip companion meter provides 11 clinically important tests to help physicians make therapeutic decisions and adjustments during the patient visit. T1Read more

ICU Management

2020 13 Jun

Sepsis biomarkers have an important role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of sepsis management. If timely and accurate information about biomarkers becomes available, the physician can not only make better therapeutic choices but also monitor the efficacy of the intervention in progress and adjust it accordingly.  In a previous rev1Read more