Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of Procalcitonin in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Dyspnea

This piece of research lead to a practice changing update on DynaMed Plus. It found that serum procalcitonin ≥ 0.1 ng/mL may help diagnose pneumonia in patients with dyspnea presenting to the emergency department.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news