Diagnostic and prognostic role of presepsin in patients with cirrhosis and bacterial infection.
Alberto FerrareseAnna Chiara FrigoMonica Maria MionMaria Rosaria CapobianchiFrancesco Paolo RussoGiacomo GermaniMartina GambatoUmberto CilloAnnamaria CattelanPatrizia BurraMarco SenzoloPublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2020)
PSP shows low diagnostic accuracy for BI in cirrhosis, but it is an independent predictor of short-term mortality. PSP may be a biomarker of systemic inflammation, commonly seen in end-stage liver disease.