Pancreatic stone protein for early mortality prediction in COVID-19 patients

A meta-analysis showed that PSP performed better than C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin for detecting infection among hospitalized patients, and that the combination of PSP and CRP further enhanced its accuracy [3]. In this prospective cohort study of COVID-19 patients in the emergency department (ED) of a teaching hospital in Switzerland, we assessed the accuracy of bedside clinical severity scores (Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) and CRB-65), PSP and CRP, which is associated with severity and mortality in COVID-19 [6], at clinical presentation for 7-day mortality and separately, ICU admission. Serial measurement of pancreatic stone protein for the early detection of sepsis in intensive care unit patients: a prospective multicentric study.