Procalcitonin is used as marker of
Cardiac dysfunction in acute coronary syndrome
Menstrual perodicity
Pituitary function
Sepsis
ref Harrison 18/e p3419 Procalcitonin is an acute phase reactant which is now useful for being a marker of sepsis Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker that exhibits greater specificity than other proinflammatory markers (eg, cytokines) in identifying patients with sepsis and can beused in the diagnosis of bacterial infections
General anatomy