Procalcitonin is used as marker of: (A) Cardiac dysfunction in acute coronary syndrome, (B) Menstrual perodicity, (C) Pituitary function, (D) Sepsis
Answer is D. 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