Plasma presepsin as a predictor of mortality in patients with UTI-related severe infection: a single-center retrospective study
Ji Won Lee, Daun Song, Se-Hee Yoon, Sung-Ro Yun, Won Min Hwang, Yong Kyun Kim, Seung Ho Hur, Jae Kwang Lee, Sun Jung Kwon, Jieun Shin, Yohan Park · 2025
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Description
Ji Won Lee and co-authors test a blood marker for death risk in severe urinary infection in this 2025 study. Patients came to one emergency unit with a urinary tract infection that had become severe. The team asked whether a marker called presepsin beats older infection markers at flagging who will die.
Records covered 69 patients treated between May 2022 and August 2023. Presepsin gave the best score for predicting death within 28 days, ahead of three standard markers. Higher presepsin was tied to higher death risk on its own. In a matched comparison that balanced age, sex, and kidney function, presepsin still ranked first, though by a smaller margin.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ji Won Lee, Daun Song, Se-Hee Yoon, Sung-Ro Yun, Won Min Hwang, Yong Kyun Kim, Seung Ho Hur, Jae Kwang Lee, Sun Jung Kwon, Jieun Shin, Yohan Park |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |