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

Burns & Trauma

Table 5 Evolution of procalcitonin levels during the first week after suspicion of sepsis for survivor and non-survivor groups

First week after suspicion of sepsis
	Survivors			Non-survivors
Day	N	Median	Q1–Q3	N	Median	Q1–Q3
1	58	0.385	0.160–2.260	26	1.915	0.460–6.170
2	63	0.600	0.200–2.430	27	2.100	0.560–6.735
3	65	0.610	0.200–2.120	26	2.310	0.550–5.610
4	65	0.400	0.200–1.170	24	1.850	0.485–5.965
5	64	0.395	0.210–1.160	23	1.270	0.545–3.820
6	60	0.345	0.170–1.240	21	1.300	0.720–4.910
7	52	0.330	0.160–1.470	20	0.930	0.515–2.350

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