Procalcitonin is not a reliable marker for the assessment of severity in acute pancreatitis without infectious complications.
Melzi D'Eril
G V
GV
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, 21100 Varese, Italy. gvmdeuni@unipv.it
Merlini
G
G
Finazzi
S
S
Bosoni
T
T
Barakat
B
B
Pezzilli
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide