The Relationship between Pentraxin 3 and Procalcitonin with SOFA Score as a Prognostic Factor in Septic Patients Admitted to the ICU at H. Adam Malik Hospital Medan

Hamdi Masruri, Achsanuddin Hanafie, Adi Koesoema Aman

Abstract: The statistical spearman correlation test showed that the levels of pentraxin3 and procalcitonin on day 1 had no significant relationship with the SOFA score on day 1 with (P>0.05). While the levels of procalcitonin on day 3 there wash a significant relationship with the SOFA score on the third day (P=0.032) with a correlation value (r=0.374). Further studies need to be carried out and associated with other inflammatory markers and sepsis associated including CRP, IL6, NLR to assess the severity of sepsis patient.

Keywords: Sepsis, Pentraxin3, SOFA score, Infection