Procalcitonin: Usefulness in the daily management of the critically ill patient

Dr. Enrique Piacentini, Intensive Medicine Service, Hosp. Mutua Terrassa University, Barcelona.

Dr. Piacentini comments on the usefulness of procalcitonin in daily clinical routine with a collection of five commented clinical cases. Its indication is valued in the bacterial etiology of infections, its help in directing antibiotic therapy and its correlation with the severity and evolution of the patient.