75241-0
Procalcitonin [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma by Immunoassay
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Term Description
An automated quantitative enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of human procalcitonin (PCT) intended for use in the risk assessment of acutely ill patients on their first day of ICU admission for the progression to severe sepsis and septic shock. Levels exceeding 2.0 ng/mL may indicate a greater risk for the development of severe sepsis or septic shock. This term was based on but is not limited to, the VIDAS PCT test kit.
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Part Description
LP31682-5 Procalcitonin
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which is involved with calcium homeostasis, and is produced by the C-cells of the thyroid gland. It is there that procalcitonin is cleaved into calcitonin, katacalcin and a protein residue. It is not released into the blood stream of healthy individuals. With the derangements that a severe infection with an associated systemic response brings, the blood levels of procalcitonin may rise to 100 ng/ml. In blood serum, procalcitonin has a half-life of 25 to 30 hours.
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Source: Wikipedia, Procalcitonin
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Procalcitonin
- Property
- MCnc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Ser/Plas
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
- IA
Additional Names
- Short Name
- Procalcitonin SerPl IA-mCnc
- Display Name
- Procalcitonin IA [Mass/Vol]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Procalcitonin, Blood
Basic Attributes
- Class
- CHEM
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.48
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73
- Change Reason
- The EIA method, which was always intended to cover more than just enzyme-linked immunoassay and whose display name for the long common name has always been Immunoassay, was renamed IA in order to eliminate ambiguity about whether the method has a broader meaning than just enzyme-linked immunoassay. Likewise, EIA.rapid was renamed IA.rapid. These changes were approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 14740
Member of these Groups Get Info
| LOINC Group | Group Name |
|---|---|
| LG15749-1 | Procalcitonin| |
Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| de-DE | German (Germany) | Procalcitonin: Synonyms: PCT; |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Procalcitonina: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
| es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Procalcitonina: |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Prokaltsitoniin: Synonyms: Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Procalcitonine: |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Procalcitonine: |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Procalcitonine: Synonyms: PCT, hPCT |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Procalcitonina: Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Massa Immunoassay Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | procalcitonine: Synonyms: IA |
| pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Procalcitonina: |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Прокальцитонин: Synonyms: Количественный Массовая концентрация Плазма Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени; |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Prokalcitonin: Synonyms: İmmünölçüm, immünoassay |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 降钙素原: Synonyms: PCT; |
Example Units
| Unit | Source |
|---|---|
| ng/mL | Example UCUM Units |
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