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From: Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels at admission as predictors of duration of acute brain dysfunction in critically ill patients

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Association between baseline procalcitonin and delirium/coma-free days. The dark line represents the point estimates for the probability of the outcomes, while the dotted lines represent the confidence intervals. The odds of having more delirium/coma-free days (DCFDs) was significantly reduced with increasing levels of procalcitonin (OR, 0.5; 95% CI, 0.3 to 1.0; P = 0.04). Thus, a patient with a baseline procalcitonin value of 6.7 ng/ml (the 75th percentile value) would have half the odds of having more DCFDs, as a patient with a baseline procalcitonin of 0.4 ng/ml (the 25th percentile value).

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Critical Care

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