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Volume 13 Issue 7 (July) 2024

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Study of Lactate, Lactate Albumin Ratio (LAR), Procalcitonin (PCT) and Immature Platelet Fraction (IPF) on admission in comparison to APACHE II as a marker of severity in patients admitted with sepsis in tertiary care hospital
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Sarna, Dr. Abhishek Sanadhya, Dr. Puneet Rijhwani, Dr. Chinmay, Dr. Sudha Sarna, Dr. Manish Pahadia, Dr. Balkishan Kumawat, Dr. Nasreen Bano, Dr. Patel Gadhavi Nirbhaydam

Aim: To assess the association of Lactate, Lactate Albumin Ratio, Procalcitonin and Immature Platelet Fractionin comparison to APACHE IIon admission as marker of severity in sepsis patients Objectives • To assess Lactate / Albumin Ratio ( LAR ) in patients with sepsis. • To assess Lactate value in patients with sepsis . • To assess Procalcitonin ( PCT ) value in patients with sepsis. • To assess Immature Platelet Function ( IPF) value in patients with sepsis. • To compare Lactate, LAR, PCT and IPF with APACHE II score on admission in patients with sepsis for prognostication Material and methods: Hospital based Observational Cross-Sectional Study was conducted at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital , Jaipur between September 2022 to December 2023. Data of 180 patients was collected according to inclusion criteria. Sepsis biomarkers that is Lactate , LAR , IPF , PCT were calculated and were compared to APACHE II score at the time of admission for the purpose of prognostication. Result: Comparing these biomarkers, the Lacto-albumin ratio and Procalcitonin appear to demonstrate stronger associations with disease severity as reflected by APACHE II scores compared to Lactate and IPF. This underscores the importance of multi-parameter assessment in sepsis management to enhance prognostic accuracy and guide therapeutic decisions tailored to individual patient needs. Conclusion: In this study all four markers positively correlated with APACHE II score, that is the level of markers increased along with severity of sepsis. But our study particularly identifies significant associations: APACHE II scores correlate significantly with Procalcitonin and Lacto-albumin ratio. The biomarkers of sepsis used in our study that is Lactate, Lactate Albumin Ratio (LAR) , Immature Platelet Fraction (IPF), Procalcitonin (PCT) can be used to enhance early risk stratification and guide more tailored therapeutic interventions for septic patients .

 
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