Antibiotic therapy guidance based on procalcitonin in patients with comorbidities
A technology of antibiotics and comorbidities, applied in the field of test kits for implementing the method of the present invention, can solve problems such as changes in the critical level of PCT
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[0314] Example 1: Patient characteristics
[0315] A total of 213 patients were enrolled in the study, of which 113 patients (53.1%) developed severe sepsis within the first 48 hours after presentation, and 7 patients (6.9%) suffered from septic shock. The average age of the total population is 67.8 years, and there is no significant difference between the sexes (50.2% for men). The patients showed high comorbidities, including hypertension (42.2%), anemia (35.4%), coronary heart disease (22.3%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (18.4%) and diabetes (17.0%). 190 (89.2%) patients can establish the source of infection, of which lung (N=85; 39.9%), urinary tract (N=53; 24.9%) and soft tissue or skin (N=21; 9.9%) infection are the most prevalent. The 28-day total mortality of the total population was 8.9%, and 203 (95.3%) patients had SOFA score ≤ 6 points. Compared with survivors, all biomarkers and clinical scores of non-surviving patients are significantly higher. Non-surv...
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[0317] Example 2: Using biomarkers as an aid to assess antibiotic needs
[0318] A total of 187 patients (87.8%) were treated with antibiotics in the study population. Of these patients, 164 (77.0%) received only intravenous antibiotics, 6 (2.8%) received only a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotics, and 17 (8.0%) received only oral antibiotics. Supplementary Table 2 provides a comprehensive overview of intravenous antibiotics. The median time of initial intravenous antibiotic therapy was 93 [28-160] minutes, of which 71 (43.8%) patients received initial antibiotic therapy within 60 minutes.
[0319] Logistic regression analysis indicated that of the two regression models, MR-proADM was most closely related to the need for intravenous antibiotics (Table 3). Similar results were found for PCT, and the ratio of the two markers was greater than that of CRP or lactic acid. Adding PCT or MR-proADM to the multivariate model significantly improved the predictive value of anti...
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[0322] Example 3: The added value of the combination of PCT and MR-proADM to predict the need for intravenous antibiotics
[0323] Compared with the logistic regression analysis of a single biomarker alone and a multivariate model including the patient’s age and gender, PCT (Table 6) was added to the MR-proADM multivariate model (age + gender). -The proADM (age + gender) of the PCT-PCT multivariate model (Table 7) has been added to the proADM multivariate model. MR-proADM adds more values to the PCT to predict the need for intravenous antibiotics (such as LR 2 The higher the value and the lower the p-value, the more significant its significance) than PCT has a greater impact on MR-proADM. However, both combinations are significant.
[0324] When patients who were previously treated with antibiotics (thus artificially lowering the PCT concentration when reaching ED) were excluded from the analysis, as shown in Table 8 for a single marker alone and Table 9 for a multivariate model ...
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