Presepsin as a diagnostic marker of sepsis in children and adolescents: a systemic review and meta-analysis.
Seo Hee YoonEun Hwa KimHa Yan KimJong Gyun AhnPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
Currently available evidence indicates that presepsin has higher sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy, but lower specificity, than PCT or CRP in detecting sepsis in children. However, these results must be carefully interpreted as the number of studies included was small and the studies were statistically heterogeneous.