Clinical application value of procalcitonin in patients with severe diabetic foot / 国际检验医学杂志
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
;
(12): 3317-3319, 2016.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-673003
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the change and clinical value of serum procalcitonin (PCT ) in the patients with severe dia‐betic foot .Methods The serum PCT level was detected before treatment and at 1 ,2 weeks of treatment in 86 patients with severe diabetic foot .Results With the infection severity aggravating before treatment ,the elevation of PCT was more significant .The PCT level after 1 week treatment showed a decreasing trend ,but the difference was not statistically significant (P>0 .05);in the patients with Wagner grade 3-5 ,the PCT level after 2 week treatment showed a obvious decreasing trend ,moreover the difference was sta‐tistically significant(P<0 .05) .Conclusion PCT could serve as one of sensitive indexes to judge the outcome in the patients with diabetic foot .
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International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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2016
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