The Clinical Significance of Procalcitonin Elevation in Patients over 75 Years Old Admitted for COVID-19 Pneumonia.

Andrea Ticinesi Antonio NouvenneBeatrice PratiLoredana GuidaAlberto PariseNicoletta CerundoloChiara BonaguriRosalia AloeAngela GuerraTiziana Meschi

Published in: Mediators of inflammation (2021)

In patients admitted for COVID-19, PCT elevation was associated with several clinical, radiological, and laboratory characteristics of disease severity. However, PCT elevation was strongly associated with hospital mortality only in oldest old subjects (age > 75).

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