Research of the clinical application of serum procalcitonin test for sepsis / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the clinical application of serum procalcitonin test for diagnosis of sepsis in Xiamen,aimed at observing the application level for serum procalcitonin by different professional clinicians.Methods Retrospectively analyzed the data from 552 specimens collected at three integrated teaching hospitals in Xiamen from July 2012 to October 2013.Patients of sep-sis with positive culture blood were enrolled in the study.All specimens were divided into four groups according to specimen sources,including ICU group,non-ICU group,medicine systems group and surgery systems group.The blood submission rates for procalcitonin detection by different professional clinicians were compared.Results As compared with the non-ICU group,the ICU group had higher submission rate for procalcitonin detection(P < 0.05 ).Medicine systems group had higher submission rate for procalcitonin detection than surgery systems group(P <0.05).Conclusion There is significant difference between professional cli-nicians in procalcitonin application.Surgery clinicians are poor in accepting procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in Xiamen.