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Procalcitonin and Sepsis

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Difference between Procalcitonin and Sepsis

Procalcitonin vs. Sepsis

Procalcitonin (PCT) is a peptide precursor of the hormone calcitonin, the latter being involved with calcium homeostasis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs.

Similarities between Procalcitonin and Sepsis

Procalcitonin and Sepsis have 11 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bacteremia, Bacteria, Hospital-acquired infection, Infection, Interleukin 6, Meningitis, Pancreatitis, Pneumonia, Sensitivity and specificity, Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, Tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Bacteremia

Bacteremia (also bacteraemia) is the presence of bacteria in the blood.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Hospital-acquired infection

A hospital-acquired infection (HAI), also known as a nosocomial infection, is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility.

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Interleukin 6

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is an interleukin that acts as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an anti-inflammatory myokine.

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Meningitis

Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.

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Pancreatitis

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Sensitivity and specificity

Sensitivity and specificity are statistical measures of the performance of a binary classification test, also known in statistics as a classification function.

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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is an inflammatory state affecting the whole body.

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Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, tumor necrosis factor alpha, TNFα, cachexin, or cachectin) is a cell signaling protein (cytokine) involved in systemic inflammation and is one of the cytokines that make up the acute phase reaction.

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Procalcitonin and Sepsis Comparison

Procalcitonin has 43 relations, while Sepsis has 345. As they have in common 11, the Jaccard index is 2.84% = 11 / (43 + 345).

References

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