Checking procalcitonin suitability for prognosis and antimicrobial therapy monitoring in burn patients

Burns & Trauma

Table 3 Evolution of procalcitonin levels during the first week of hospitalization for survivor and non-survivor groups

First week of hospitalization
	Survivors			Non-survivors
Day	N	Median	Q1–Q3	N	Median	Q1–Q3
1	58	0.290	0.150–1.160	27	1.6600	0.405–7.995
2	65	0.345	0.170–1.650	28	2.0550	0.270–6.840
3	66	0.360	0.170–1.640	27	1.9800	0.565–3.220
4	67	0.420	0.175–1.155	26	2.0550	0.520–4.170
5	67	0.345	0.160–0.830	26	1.7900	0.700–4.370
6	68	0.330	0.155–0.785	25	1.3100	0.560–2.850
7	68	0.360	0.160–0.985	24	1.7000	0.730–5.555

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