Clinical application value of procalcitonin in patients with severe diabetic foot
10.3969/j.issn.1673-4130.2016.23.030
- VernacularTitle:降钙素原在重症糖尿病足患者中的临床应用价值
- Author:
Jidong ZHANG
;
Shuqing TONG
;
Bingchang ZHANG
- Keywords:
procalcitonin;
severe diabetic foot;
clinical value
- From:
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2016;37(23):3317-3319
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the change and clinical value of serum procalcitonin (PCT ) in the patients with severe dia‐betic foot .Methods The serum PCT level was detected before treatment and at 1 ,2 weeks of treatment in 86 patients with severe diabetic foot .Results With the infection severity aggravating before treatment ,the elevation of PCT was more significant .The PCT level after 1 week treatment showed a decreasing trend ,but the difference was not statistically significant (P>0 .05);in the patients with Wagner grade 3-5 ,the PCT level after 2 week treatment showed a obvious decreasing trend ,moreover the difference was sta‐tistically significant(P<0 .05) .Conclusion PCT could serve as one of sensitive indexes to judge the outcome in the patients with diabetic foot .
