Level of serum procalcitonin and pneumonia risk classes

N. Karchevskaya, M. Koutsenko, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pulmonary infections
Session: Pulmonary infections
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 4705
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
N. Karchevskaya, M. Koutsenko, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation). Level of serum procalcitonin and pneumonia risk classes. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 4705

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Dependence between procalcitonin level and pneumonia risk classes
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 462s
Year: 2007

Serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in children with community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 488s
Year: 2006

Usefulness of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin in predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Factors related to outcome of community-acquired pneumonia
Year: 2008


Admission CRP and D-dimer levels can identify high-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - The prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia: old and new markers of severity
Year: 2010


High serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels can exclude tuberculosis in community-acquired pneumonia patients with atypical presentation
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Aetiology of lower respiratory tract infections and treatment in special situations
Year: 2010


Serum procalcitonin and community-acquired pneumonia in childhood
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 167s
Year: 2005

Procalcitonin predicts patients at low risk of death from community-acquired pneumonia across all CRB-65 groups at risk
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 481s
Year: 2007

Serum procalcitonin (PCT) as a marker of the severity and prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Diagnostic markers and therapy in hospital-acquired pneumonia
Year: 2007


Individual monitoring of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels as a criterion for cancel of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Biomarkers, diagnosis and outcome of respiratory infections
Year: 2013


Prognostic value of plasma D-dimer level in adults with community-acquired pneumonia – A prospective study
Source: International Congress 2015 – CAP: prognostic factors in frail patients
Year: 2015


Measurements usefulness of serum C-reactive protein for management of adult community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Assessment of severity in respiratory infections: severity scales and biomarkers
Year: 2009

Sequential measurements of procalcitonin levels in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia
Source: Eur Respir J 2008; 31: 356-362
Year: 2008



Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) as a marker of the severity and prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Diagnostic markers and therapy in hospital-acquired pneumonia
Year: 2007


Determining the prognostic value of procalcitonin in ICU patients who developed hospital acquired pneumonia and comparing with sencitive CRP
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Impact of biomarkers in the management of community-acquired pneumonia
Year: 2009


Elevated troponin and creatinine levels are associated with higher mortality in community-acquired pneumonia
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - The spectrum of lower respiratory tract infections: risk factors of poor outcome and diagnostic tools
Year: 2010

Correlation of procalcitonin and CRP in community-acquired pneumonia with CRB-65 score and prognosis – results from the German competence network CAPNETZ
Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Inflammation markers in community-acquired pneumonia
Year: 2006


C-reactive protein and procalcitonin as predictors of survival and septic shock in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Source: Eur Respir J 2010; 35: 805-811
Year: 2010



Changes in levels of inflammatory markers (procalcitonin, C-reactive protein) in pregnant with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
Source: International Congress 2016 – Community-acquired pneumonia: risk classes and management issues
Year: 2016


Pro-adrenomedullin, procalcitonin and CRP levels to predict bacterial pneumonia in patients admitted to emergency room
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Biomarkers and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia
Year: 2011

C-reactive protein as severity biomarker in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 545s
Year: 2005