Health Condition 1: R798- Other specified abnormal findingsof blood chemistry
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Intervention2: Nil: Nil
Sponsors
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Patients with suspected of sepsis in IPD patients 2 Before antibiotic initiation, sample sent for Aerobic Bacterial Blood culture and Procalcitonin for the same patient 3 Estimation of Prokineticin-2 within 1 hour to prevent variability 4 Age 18 years or more
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Prior antibiotic therapy more than 24 hours before sample collection 2. Either of Blood culture or Procalcitonin investigation not advised 3. Negative Blood culture reported are excluded 4. Procalcitonin level less than or equal to cut off value 0.5ng/ml are excluded 5. Patients with autoimmune diseases, HIV, HBsAg, HCV are excluded. 6. Patients on long term steroids immunosuppressants chemotherapy or with terminal illness malignant cancer end-stage liver or renal disease are excluded
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prokineticin-2 can be useful marker to diagnose sepsis effectivelyTimepoint: 1 year | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NILTimepoint: NIL | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactOjas Kumar Aggarwal
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Outcome results
None listed