Change and clinical significance of procalcitonin and blood culture in exertional heatstroke patients
Abstract：Objective To investigate the change and clinical significance of procalcitonin and blood culture in exertional heatstroke patients.Methods We adopted a prospective study.We collected 34 cases of exertional heatstroke and collected 32 cases of sepsis patients with high fever hospitalized in ICU in the same period.T -test was used to compare the difference of serum PCT levels between two groups.χ2 -test was used to compare the difference of positive rate of blood culture between two gropes. Results The difference of serum PCT levels between two groups was obviously significant(P<0.05). The positive rate of blood culture in exertional heatstroke patients was higher than that in sepsis patients with high fever, but the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05).The serum PCT levels of exertional heatstroke patients with positive blood culture was higher than that with negative blood culture, but the difference was not statistically significant (P >0.05).Conclusion PCT can be induced to release in exertional heatstroke patients even absence of bacterial infection.Exertional heatstroke patients with higher serum PCT level or positive blood culture should use antibacterials, even if we can't find original lesions of bacterial infection.
Keywords：Exertional heatstrokeProcalcitoninBlood culture
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 129-132 )