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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2025;36(2): 45-53.
응급실 내원한 감염증 의심환자의 중환자실 입원 및 사망을 예측하기 위한 프리셉신의 유용성: 후향적 코호트연구
강덕용 , 조영석 , 손유동 , 조규종
한림대학교 강동성심병원 응급의학과
Usefulness of presepsin to predict ICU admission and 28-day mortality in patients with suspected infection in emergency department: retrospective cohort study
Deokyong Khang , Youngsuk Cho , Yudong Sohn , Gyu Chong Cho
Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence  Youngsuk Cho ,Tel: 02-2224-2595, Fax: 02-488-0119, Email: faith2love@hanmail.net,
Received: October 29, 2023; Revised: November 2, 2023   Accepted: November 2, 2023.  Published online: April 30, 2025.
ABSTRACT
Objective:
This study examined the predictive values of presepsin compared with that of other biomarkers (C-reactive protein and procalcitonin) for intensive care unit (ICU) admission and the 28-day mortality in patients with a suspected infection presenting to the emergency department (ED).
Method:
This single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted from January 2021 to December 2021 at the ED of a university hospital. The serum presepsin levels were obtained from adult patients suspected of having an infection based on the judgment of clinicians.
Results:
Of the 1,772 patients analyzed, 389 patients (22.0%) were admitted to the ICU, and 190 patients (10.7%) died within 28 days. The presepsin levels were significantly higher in the ICU admission group (P<0.001) and non-survivor group (P<0.001) than in the other patients. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for predicting ICU admission indicated an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.660 for presepsin (vs. 0.640 and 0.700 for the C-reactive protein and procalcitonin, respectively). The ROC curve for predicting the 28-day mortality indicated an AUC of 0.719 for presepsin (vs. 0.675 and 0.720 for C-reactive protein and procalcitonin, respectively).
Conclusion:
The initial presepsin level might be useful for predicting ICU admission and 28-day mortality in patients with a suspected infection in the ED.
Key words: Emergency medicine; Soluble CD-14 subtype; Presepsin; Biomarkers
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