Search Tag: PSP

ICU Management

Guiding Clinical Care Using Pancreatic Stone Protein

2022 08 Dec

The role of point-of-care testing in the early identification and management of sepsis, the need for better markers to identify sepsis, an overview of the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) and clinical evidence highlighting its effectiveness as a biomarker. Pancreatic Stone Protein Infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality... Read more

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Practical Implementation of the Pancreatic Stone Protein Sepsis Test

2022 25 May

An overview of a discussion on sepsis and the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) biomarker by Dr João Pereira, Hospital De Vila Franca De Xira, Portugal and how it can be used for early diagnosis of sepsis and facilitate decision-making regarding the administration of antibiotics. The discussion was chaired by Prof Pedro Póvoa, coordinator of... Read more

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Abionic Webinar - Advancing the Diagnosis of Sepsis in the Intensive Care Units

2021 04 Oct

Real world evidence on the practical implementation of the Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) Sepsis Test   On the 22nd of September, attendees tuned in to a lively discussion on sepsis chaired by Professor Pedro Póvoa, who is currently coordinator of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in one of the largest hospitals in Lisbon and who is no stranger to the... Read more

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New Data Confirms the Clinical Benefit of PSP for the Diagnosis of Severe Infections

2021 28 May

Critical Care, the top-ranked open access journal in the field of critical care medicine, published the results of a study led by Lausanne University Hospital’s Dr Philippe Eggimann and Bern University Hospital’s Dr Yok-Ai Que this month [1]. The authors analyzed pooled data from five cohorts showing that the Pancreatic stone protein (PSP) biomarker... Read more

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Early Identification of Sepsis- Web Symposium

2020 17 Nov

Speakers Prof. Dr Steven Opal Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA Dr Bruno Francois Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Limoges, France Dr Angelo Giacomucci Unita di Terapia Intensiva, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Italy Dr Phillipe Eggimann Centre Hopsitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland   Find Abionic on Social... Read more