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Using procalcitonin to care for hospitalized patients
Hospitalist Best PracticeJ Rush Pierce Jr, MD, MPH
Division of Hospital MedicineJuly 22, 2015
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Roadmap for today
•Illustrative cases•Procalcitonin: what it is and why it might work•Evidence for usefulness of procalcitonin in settings of specific interest to hospitalists•Availability and cost•Use of Procalcitonin – possible clinical algorithms•Discussion with specialists and experts
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Disclosures
• Financial: none• Biases:
– Evidence should inform our thinking
– Local variation is an interesting part of life
– Medicine is fun
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Case 1• 64 y/o man with DM, HTN, HFpEF admitted
with 1 wk of increased SOB, cough, gray sputum and chills. Exam: T = 37.5, JVD, rales at right base and trace edema. WBC = 13,000, BNP = 800. CXR shows “peribronchial cuffing & reticular opacities could represent developing pneumonia vs. interstitial edema, clinical correlation advised”
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Clinical questions
1. Does this patient have a respiratory infection, CHF or both?
2. Should I order antibiotics on admission?3. Should he go home on antibiotics?
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Case 2• 83 y/o woman with dementia at SNF recovering
from hip fx, adm to MICU looking dry with BP = 80, acute delirium and AKI. WBC = 14,000, lactate = 4.5, 35 WBC’s in urine on admission and CXR with right lower lobe opacities c/w atelectasis vs possible aspiration. Put on Unasyn and vanc, volume resuscitated. Blood, urine cultures neg, CXR about same, now being transferred to floor.
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Clinical questions
1. Did this patient have severe sepsis due to an infection, or delirium precipitated by volume depletion without infection?
2. Should I continue antibiotics now?3. Should she go back to the SNF on antibiotics?
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Procalcitonin: what it is and why it might work
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Procalcitonin• Calcitonin – a hormone seeking a job
– Produced by parafollicular cells in thyroid– Opposes effect of PTH, inhibits osteoclasts,
stimulates osteoblasts– No known pathologic state associated with deficiency
• Procalcitonin– precursor molecule processed by parafollicular cells
to calcitonin– Undetectable in normal state
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Calcitonin
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Source: Muller B: Swiss Med Wkly 2001:131:595
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Procalcitonin in sepsis
• Rises dramatically with bacterial infections, but very little with viral infections
• Rarely rises in sepsis due to non-infectious origin
• Peak levels correlates with prognosis• Levels fall when bacterial infection treated• Not affected by immune suppression• Half-life 25 – 30 hours
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Procalcitonin and sepsis prognosis
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Source: Jensen J: Crit Care Med 2006;34:2596
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Why procalcitonin might be useful
• Diagnosis of infection is often difficult– Clinical tools have significant limitations– Specific etiology often elusive (sepsis <50%, CAP
<30%)
• Antimicrobial use has its downsides– Key driver to antibiotic resistance– Can be associated with adverse reactions– Major risk factor for C difficele– Often costly
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Evidence for usefulness of procalcitonin in settings of
specific interest to hospitalists
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ProHOSP Trial
• Prospective randomized controlled trial; 6 ED’s in Switzerland, 2006 - 2008
• 1359 pts presenting with possible LRTI (CAP, bronchitis, exacerbation of COPD)
• Initiation and continuation of antibiotic based on clinician judgment vs PCT algorithm
• IN PCT algorithm arm, clinician could overrule for specific indication
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Source: Schuetz P: JAMA 2009;302:1059
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Source: Schuetz P: JAMA 2009;302:1059
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Source: Schuetz P: JAMA 2009;302:1059
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Source: Schuetz P: JAMA 2009;302:1059
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ProHOSP Trial - conclusions
• In patients with LRTIs, a strategy of PCT guidance compared with standard guidelines resulted in – similar rates of adverse outcomes, as well as – lower rates of antibiotic exposure– lower rates of antibiotic-associated adverse
effects.
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Source: Schuetz P: JAMA 2009;302:1059
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PRORATA Trial
• Prospective randomized controlled trial; 5 ICU’s in France, 2007 - 2008
• 621 pts adm to ICU with suspected sepsis • Initiation and continuation of antibiotic based
on clinician judgment vs PCT algorithm• IN PCT algorithm arm, clinician could overrule
for specific indication
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Source: Bouadma L: Lancet 2010;375:463
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Source: Bouadma L: Lancet 2010;375:463
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PRORATA Trial - Conclusions
• A procalcitonin-guided strategy to treat suspected bacterial infections in non-surgical patients in intensive care units could reduce antibiotic exposure and selective pressure with no apparent adverse outcomes.
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Source: Bouadma L: Lancet 2010;375:463
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BACH Trial
• International multicenter cohort study, 2007 - 2008
• 1641 patients presenting to ED with dyspnea and acute heart failure (AHF) was diagnostic consideration
• Signs, sxs, lab, markers including PCT• 30, 60, 90 day mortality
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Source: Maisal A: European J Heart Failure 2012;14, 278
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Source: Maisal A: European J Heart Failure 2012;14, 278
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BACH Trial - Conclusions
• Procalcitonin may aid in the diagnosis of pneumonia, particularly in cases with high diagnostic uncertainty.
• PCT may aid in the decision to administer antibiotic therapy to patients presenting with AHF in which clinical uncertainty exists regarding a superimposed bacterial infection.
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Source: Maisal A: European J Heart Failure 2012;14, 278
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Meta-analysis of PCT use
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Source: Schuetz P: Arch Intern Med 2011;171:1322
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Source: Schuetz P: Arch Intern Med 2011;171:1322
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Case 1• 64 y/o man with DM, HTN, HFpEF admitted
with 1 wk of increased SOB, cough, gray sputum and chills. Exam: T = 37.5, JVD, rales at right base and trace edema. WBC = 13,000, BNP = 800. CXR shows “peribronchial cuffing & reticular opacities could represent developing pneumonia vs. interstitial edema, clinical correlation advised”
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Clinical questions
1. Does this patient have a respiratory infection, CHF or both?
2. Should I order antibiotics on admission?3. Should he go home on antibiotics?
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Case 2• 83 y/o woman with dementia at SNF recovering
from hip fx, adm to MICU looking dry with BP = 80, acute delirium and AKI. WBC = 14,000, lactate = 4.5, 35 WBC’s in urine on admission and CXR with right lower lobe opacities c/w atelectasis vs possible aspiration. Put on Unasyn and vanc, volume resuscitated. Blood, urine cultures neg, CXR about same, now being transferred to floor.
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Clinical questions
1. Did this patient have severe sepsis due to an infection, or delirium precipitated by volume depletion without infection?
2. Should I continue antibiotics now?3. Should she go back to the SNF on antibiotics?
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Availability and cost of procalcitonin at UNMH
• Currently sent out to ARUP Reference Lab– FedEx afternoons Mon – Fri to ARUP, run next
day, reported within 24 hrs– 3 to 5 day turnaround
• Charge = $471.60
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Use of Procalcitonin – possible clinical algorithms
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Source: Schuetz P: BMC Medicine 2011;9:107
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Source: Schuetz P: BMC Medicine 2011;9:107
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Discussion with specialists and experts
• Should we advocate for POC PCT testing?• Should we use PCT to guide initiation and
continuation of antibiotic therapy for:– LRTI– Pts coming out of ICU on antibiotics
• Should we teach use of PCT to learners?
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