Introduction: The American Thyroid Association appointed a Task Force of experts to revise
the original Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Management Guidelines of the American Thyroid …

Abstract Background Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) comprise a large and
heterogeneous group of infections including bacterial, viral and other aetiologies. In recent …

A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the accuracy of determination of procalcitonin
(PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels for the diagnosis of bacterial infection. The …

Background: Inherited and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is an uncommon and
challenging malignancy. The American Thyroid association (ATA) chose to create specific …

Objective: To quantify the accuracy of serum procalcitonin as a diagnostic test for sepsis,
severe sepsis, or septic shock in adults in intensive care units or after surgery or trauma …

Objective: The use of procalcitonin (ProCT) as a marker of several clinical conditions, in
particular, systemic inflammation, infection, and sepsis, will be clarified, and its current …

Calcitonin (CT) is a hormone that received its name because of its secretion in response to
induced hypercalcemia and its hypocalcemic effect (1). It was shown to originate from the …

Calcitonin precursors (CTpr), including procalcitonin, are important markers and also
potentially harmful mediators in response to microbial infections. The source and function of …

Objective: The diagnosis of infection in critically ill patients is challenging because traditional
markers of infection are often misleading. For example, serum concentrations of calcitonin …

The worldwide yearly mortality from sepsis is substantial, greater than that of cancer of the
lung and breast combined. Moreover, its incidence is increasing, and its response to therapy …