PCT vs non‐PCT (standard care or CRP: primary outcomes): Mortality at ICU discharge
PCT showed no clear difference in mortality at ICU discharge compared with non‐PCT (standard care or CRP: primary outcomes) (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
PCT vs non‐PCT (standard care or CRP: primary outcomes) Mortality at ICU discharge · adult patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock PCT showed no clear difference in mortality at ICU discharge compared with non‐PCT (standard care or CRP: primary outcomes) (low certainty). Effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin evaluation for reducing mortality in adults with sepsis, severe… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.03 [0.5, 2.11] | 3 studies · 506 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin evaluation for reducing mortality in adults with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.