Research Article

Pathfast Presepsin Assay for Early Diagnosis of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in Patients with Nephrolithiasis

Table 2

Laboratory markers by definitive diagnosis in SIRS and non-SIRS patients.

Laboratory findings Non-SIRS group
Median (5–95%)
SIRS group (5–95%)
Untreated6 h reexamination24 h reexamination

Presepsin (pg/mL)178 (70–312)452 (129–880)584 (154–1331)660 (190–1705)<0.001a,b,c,e, 0.009d, 0.26f
PCT (ng/mL)0.172 (0.017–1.215)0.973 (0.341–4.794)1.425 (0.698–9.716)1.864 (0.712–15.392)<0.001a,b,c,d,e, 0.005f
CRP (mg/L)6.2 (1.8–9.7)15.9 (4.9–36.5)28.4 (7.1–64.2)55.2 (13.2–82.5)<0.001a,b,c,d,e, 0.003f

Untreated in SIRS group versus non-SIRS group; b6 h reexamination in SIRS group versus non-SIRS; c24 h reexamination in SIRS group versus non-SIRS group; duntreated versus 6 h reexamination; euntreated versus 24 h reexamination; f6 h reexamination versus 24 h reexamination.