The value of serum procalcitonin in the early phase of post-ERCP pancreatitis

D. Kapetanos, D. Christodoulou, Ch. Fitili, O. Christopoulou, D. Sigounas, E. Katodritou, I. Avramidis, E. Progia, G. Kitis, E. Tsianos

Abstract


Objective: Procalcitonin is considered a possible predictive marker of severity in the early phase of acute pancreatitis. The variations of procalcitonin levels after ERCP and its contribution to the determination of the severity of post-ERCP pancreatitis were studied. Methods: Serum procalcitonin was measured with immunoluminometric assay (normal

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