Procalcitonin and intestinal ischemia: A review of the literature

Table 2 Clinical data on procalcitonin for the diagnosis of intestinal ischemia

Ref.	Condition	Number of patients	Range of procalcitonin values (ng/mL)	Assay method
Nagata et al[36]	Open aortic surgery	93	< 0.5 - > 10	Immunochromatographic test
Markogiannakis et al[22]	Small and large bowel obstruction	242	4.89-14.35	LUMItest
Cosse et al[23]	Small bowel obstruction	166	0.29-2.03	Kryptor TRACE
Cosse et al[37]	Small bowel obstruction	59	0.06-8.1	Kryptor TRACE
Cosse et al[38]	Ischemic disease (ischemic colitis and mesenteric infarction)	99	0.217-621.2	Kryptor TRACE