Early Low Level of Procalcitonin Is Associated with a Favorable Outcome in a Case of a Surviving Patient with 80% Body Surface Area Thermal Burn

Bogdan Pavel; Mihaela Roxana Popescu; Daria Skolozubova; Elena Flutur; Vlad Mihai Voiculescu; Ariana Cristina Brezeanu

doi:10.12659/AJCR.934052

26 November 2021 : Case report Romania

Early Low Level of Procalcitonin Is Associated with a Favorable Outcome in a Case of a Surviving Patient with 80% Body Surface Area Thermal Burn

Unusual clinical course, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care

Bogdan Pavel^{²Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Clinical Emergency Hospital of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Bucharest, Romania

^A Study design/planning

^B Data collection/entry

^E Preparation of manuscript

^*Corresponding author: [email protected]
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" data-author="4355196">12ABE*}, Mihaela Roxana Popescu^{³Department of Cardiology, "Elias" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

^B Data collection/entry

^D Data interpretation

^E Preparation of manuscript

" data-author="4355197">13BDE}, Daria Skolozubova^{^C Data analysis/statistics

^F Literature analysis/search

" data-author="4355198">1CF}, Elena Flutur^4DE, Vlad Mihai Voiculescu^{⁵Department of Dermatology, "Elias" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

^E Preparation of manuscript

^F Literature analysis/search

" data-author="4355200">15EF}, Ariana Cristina Brezeanu^{⁶Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Clinical Emergency Hospital of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Bucharest, Romania

^A Study design/planning

^D Data interpretation

^E Preparation of manuscript

" data-author="4355201">16ADE}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934052

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e934052

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Table 1. Values of albumin, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein (CRP), presepsin, and iron (Fe) during hospitalization.

	Day 1	Day 4	Day 10	Day 13	Day 17	Day 23
Albumin (g/L)	18	25	26	28	31.5	36.3
Procalcitonin (ng/ml)	1.9	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
CRP (mg/L)	312.38	679	158	166	189	91
Presepsin (ng/L)	NA	642	1498	1429	1143	NA
Fe (µg/dL)	NA	15	14	NA	23	49

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Early Low Level of Procalcitonin Is Associated with a Favorable Outcome in a Case of a Surviving Patient with 80% Body Surface Area Thermal Burn

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