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Comparison between B.R.A.H.M.S PCT direct, a new sensitive point-of-care testing device for rapid quantification of procalcitonin in emergency department patients and established reference methods - a prospective multinational trial

Kutz, A. and Hausfater, P. and Oppert, M. and Alan, M. and Grolimund, E. and Gast, C. and Alonso, C. and Wissmann, C. and Kuehn, C. and Bernard, M. and Huber, A. and Mueller, B. and Schuetz, P.. (2016) Comparison between B.R.A.H.M.S PCT direct, a new sensitive point-of-care testing device for rapid quantification of procalcitonin in emergency department patients and established reference methods - a prospective multinational trial. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 54 (4). pp. 577-584.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is increasingly being used for the diagnostic and prognostic work up of patients with suspected infections in the emergency department (ED). Recently, B.R.A.H.M.S PCT direct, the first high sensitive point-of-care test (POCT), has been developed for fast PCT measurement on capillary or venous blood samples. METHODS: This is a prospective, international comparison study conducted in three European EDs. Consecutive patients with suspicion of bacterial infection were included. Duplicate determination of PCT was performed in capillary (fingertip) and venous whole blood (EDTA), and compared to the reference method. The diagnostic accuracy was evaluated by correlation and concordance analyses. RESULTS: Three hundred and three patients were included over a 6-month period (60.4% male, median age 65.2 years). The correlation between capillary or venous whole blood and the reference method was excellent: r2=0.96 and 0.97, sensitivity 88.1% and 93.0%, specificity 96.5% and 96.8%, concordance 93% and 95%, respectively at a 0.25 mug/L threshold. No significant bias was observed (-0.04 and -0.02 for capillary and venous whole blood) although there were 6.8% and 5.1% outliers, respectively. B.R.A.H.M.S PCT direct had a shorter time to result as compared to the reference method (25 vs. 144 min, difference 119 min, 95% CI 110-134 min, p>0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: This study found a high diagnostic accuracy and a faster time to result of B.R.A.H.M.S PCT direct in the ED setting, allowing shortening time to therapy and a more wide-spread use of PCT.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin AG > Argovia Professur für Medizin (Müller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin AG > Argovia Professur für Medizin (Müller)
UniBasel Contributors:Müller, Beat
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:De Gruyter
ISSN:1434-6621
e-ISSN:1437-4331
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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