Serum Procalcitonin and Procalcitonin Clearance as a Prognostic Biomarker in Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Table 3

PCTc between survivors and nonsurvivors in patients with sepsis.

Variables	Survivors ()		Dead ()		p value
	Value	95% CI	Value	95% CI
PCTc-day 3	38.9	(−154.1 to 95.1)	11.6	(−533.6 to 34.0)	0.033
PCTc-day 5	80.3	(3.5 to 99.3)	43.2	(−85.2 to 83.4)	0.002

PCTc-day 3: PCT clearance at 48 h after admission (%); PCTc-day 5: PCT clearance at 96 h after admission (%).