Table 6

Cross-tabulation of PCT, CRP and SOFA kinetics with septic status in patients with VAP

Kinetics

Sepsis

Severe sepsis

Septic shock

p

ΔPCT ≤ 0 (n = 42)

23 (74.2)

14 (70.0)

5 (41.7)

ΔPCT > 0 (n = 21)

8 (25.8)

6 (30.0)

7 (58.3)

Total (n = 63)

31

20

12

0.12

ΔCRP ≤ 0 (n = 45)

22 (71.0)

15 (68.2)

8 (66.7)

ΔCRP > 0 (n = 20)

9 (29.0)

7 (31.8)

4 (33.3)

Total (n = 65)

31

22

12

0.96

ΔSOFA ≤ 0 (n = 49)

24 (72.7)

16 (72.7)

9 (69.2)

ΔSOFA > 0 (n = 19)

9 (27.3)

6 (27.3)

4 (30.8)

Total (n = 68)

33

22

13

0.97

Results are numbers of patients; percentages are given in parentheses. VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; PCT, procalcitonin; CRP, C-reactive protein; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

Seligman et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R125   doi:10.1186/cc5036