Biomarkers for Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department

Abstract Community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most common reasons for emergency department (ED) visits in children and adults. Despite its prevalence, there are many challenges to proper diagnosis and management of pneumonia. There is no accurate and timely etiologic gold standard to differentiate bacterial from viral disease, and there are limitations with precise risk stratification of patients to ensure appropriate site-of-care decisions. Clinical factors obtained by history and physical examination have limited the ability to diagnose pneumonia etiology and severity. Biomarkers offer information about the host response to infection and pathogen activity within the host that can serve to augment clinical features in decision-making. As science and technology progress, novel biomarkers offer great potential in aiding critical decisions for patients with pneumonia. This review summarizes existing knowledge about biomarkers of host response and pathogen activity, in addition to briefly reviewing emerging biomarkers using novel technologies..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Current infectious disease reports - 16(2014), 12 vom: 28. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Florin, Todd A. [VerfasserIn]
Ambroggio, Lilliam [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

44.75

Themen:

Adult
Biomarkers
Blood cultures
C-reactive protein
Community-acquired pneumonia
Diagnostic testing
Emergency medicine
Leukocyte count
Metabolomics
Pediatric
Polymerase chain reaction
Proadrenomedullin
Procalcitonin
Sputum cultures
Transcriptomics

doi:

10.1007/s11908-014-0451-8

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR022965556