Procalcitonin in Diagnosing and Prognosis Predicting of Ventilator-associated pneumonia and Its Clinical Significance / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

1.2 ng/ml on the third day as a threshold,the sensitivity,and specificity in predicting the prognosis of VAP were 81.0%,and 87.5%,respectively. CONCLUSIONS The results suggested that serum PCT be important for the diagnosis of VAP.PCT concentration over 1.2 ng/ml as a threshold is more sensitive and specific to distinguishing different outcomes.And the sensitivity and specificity of PCT are better than that of IL-6,IL-8.