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<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2444-054X2020000200150</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.19000993</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación de la proteína C reactiva, la procalcitonina y el índice PCR/PCT como indicadores de mortalidad en sepsis abdominal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin and the PCR/PCT index as indicators of mortality in abdominal sepsis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Godínez-Vidal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ansony R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alcántara-Gordillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raymundo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguirre-Rojano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vania I.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra C.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Calatayud]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis G.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pulido-Cejudo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Abraham]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gracida-Mancilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Noé I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga Departamento de Cirugía General ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga Clínica de Atención Integral de la Sepsis Abdominal ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>88</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>150</fpage>
<lpage>153</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2020000200150&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2020000200150&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2020000200150&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes: Las combinaciones de biomarcadores pueden mejorar el diagnóstico oportuno y la supervivencia.  Objetivo: Determinar la utilidad de la concentración sérica de procalcitonina (PCT), la proteína C reactiva (PCR) y el índice PCR/PCT como predictores de mortalidad.  Método: Estudio retrospectivo de pacientes con diagnóstico de sepsis abdominal durante el periodo de abril de 2017 a febrero de 2018.  Resultados: Se incluyeron 182 casos. En los sobrevivientes, la media de los valores de PCR fue de 170 y la de PCT fue de 10.5. En los fallecidos, la media de los valores de PCR fue de 328 y la de PCT fue de 17.6. Al aplicar el estadístico t de Student para muestras independientes se obtuvo que estas diferencias resultaron significativas para la PCR (p = 0.001), pero no para la PCT (p = 0.460). Posteriormente se estudió el índice PCR/PCT como predictor de mortalidad: en los fallecidos se obtuvo un valor de 7534 (desviación estándar [DE]:± 19,303) y en los sobrevivientes de 538 (DE± 805) (p = 0.001).  Conclusión: La PCR se asocia con la mortalidad, mientras que la PCT no guarda relación con la mortalidad. El índice PCR/PCT parece ser un mejor indicador para predecir la mortalidad en los pacientes con sepsis abdominal por peritonitis secundaria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: Biomarker combinations can improve timely diagnosis and survival.  Objective: To determine the usefulness of serum procalcitonin concentration (PCT), C-reactive protein (PCR) and the PCR / PCT index as predictors of mortality.  Method: Retrospective study of patients diagnosed with abdominal sepsis during the period from April 2017 to February 2018.  Results: We included 182 cases. In the survivors, the mean PCR was 170 and procalcitonin (PCT) 10.5. In the deceased, the mean of C-reactive protein (CRP) was 328 and that of PCT was 17.6. When applying the student&#8217;s t-test for independent samples, it was found that these differences were significant for PCR (p = 0.001); however, for PCT it was not significant (p = 0.460). Afterwards, the PCR/PCT index was studied, as a predictor of mortality, in the deceased cases a PCR/PCT score of 7534 (standard deviation [SD]: 19,303) and for survivors of 538 (SD:805) (p = 0.001) was obtained.  Conclusion: CRP is associated with mortality, serum PCT does not correlate with mortality. The PCR/PCT index seems to be a better indicator to predict mortality in patients with abdominal sepsis due to secondary peritonitis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mortalidad]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mortality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Procalcitonin]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Reactive protein C]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sepsis]]></kwd>
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