Point-of-care pancreatic stone protein measurement in critically ill COVID-19 patients

© 2023. The Author(s)..

INTRODUCTION: Pancreatic stone protein (PSP) is a novel biomarker that is reported to be increased in pneumonia and acute conditions. The primary aim of this study was to prospectively study plasma levels of PSP in a COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) population to determine how well PSP performed as a marker of mortality in comparison to other plasma biomarkers, such as C reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT).

METHODS: We collected clinical data and blood samples from COVID-19 ICU patients at the time of admission (T0), 72 h later (T1), five days later (T2), and finally, seven days later. The PSP plasma level was measured with a point-of-care system; PCT and CRP levels were measured simultaneously with laboratory tests. The inclusion criteria were being a critical COVID-19 ICU patient requiring ventilatory mechanical assistance.

RESULTS: We enrolled 21 patients and evaluated 80 blood samples; we found an increase in PSP plasma levels according to mixed model analysis over time (p < 0.001), with higher levels found in the nonsurvivor population (p < 0.001). Plasma PSP levels achieved a statistically significant result in terms of the AUROC, with a value higher than 0.7 at T0, T1, T2, and T3. The overall AUROC of PSP was 0.8271 (CI (0.73-0.93), p < 0.001). These results were not observed for CRP and PCT.

CONCLUSION: These first results suggest the potential advantages of monitoring PSP plasma levels through point-of-care technology, which could be useful in the absence of a specific COVID-19 biomarker. Additional data are needed to confirm these results.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC anesthesiology - 23(2023), 1 vom: 30. Juni, Seite 226

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Melegari, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Giuliani, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Di Pietro, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Alberti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Campitiello, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Bertellini, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Barbieri, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Rosa, Alessandra [Sonstige Person]
Pioda, Arianna [Sonstige Person]
Battaglia, Paolo [Sonstige Person]
Quarto, Maddalena [Sonstige Person]
Ferri, Enrico [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
C-Reactive Protein
COVID-19-ICU patients
Journal Article
Lithostathine
Mortality predictor
Pancreatic Stone Protein
Procalcitonin

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Date Completed 03.07.2023

Date Revised 19.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12871-023-02187-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358929644