Reference values for C-reactive protein and procalcitonin at term pregnancy and in the early postnatal period.
Caroline M JoyceShane DeasyHala AbuYoke Yin LimPaula M O'SheaKeelin O'DonoghuePublished in: Annals of clinical biochemistry (2021)
Reference values for procalcitonin were established in a well-characterized population of healthy pregnant women at term and immediately postpartum. The variability of C-reactive protein limits its clinical utility in the assessment of systemic sepsis. Application of the procalcitonin cut-off of 0.25 μg/L in this population will be a valuable adjunct to clinicians ruling out infection in pregnancy and postpartum.