Prognostic Value of Serially Estimated Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients With or Without Extra Cranial Injury on Early In-hospital Mortality: A Longitudinal Observational Study.
Keshav GoyalGaurav Singh TomarKangana SengarGyaninder Pal SinghRicha AggarwalKapil Dev SoniPurva MathurShweta KediaHemanshu PrabhakarPublished in: Neurocritical care (2021)
This observational study demonstrates the poor correlation between PCT concentrations with outcome at days 1, 2, and 5 post-injury. The predicted relationship between PCT levels and outcome was not confirmed, and that these results do not support the prognostic utility of PCT biomarker in this population for outcome (mortality) assessment in TBI patients with or without extracranial injuries.