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SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2026

Non-Infectious Causes for Elevated Procalcitonin.

Stefan Lucian Popa, Victor Incze, Abdulrahman Ismaiel, Teodora Surdea-Blaga, Simona Grad, Daria Claudia Turtoi, Darius-Stefan Amarie, Liliana David, Vlad Dumitru Brata, Daniel Corneliu Leucuta and 4 more

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Observational
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Stefan Lucian Popa2nd Medical Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5508-2598
Victor InczeFaculty of Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0009-0004-4418-6465
Abdulrahman Ismaiel2nd Medical Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7435-271X
Teodora Surdea-Blaga2nd Medical Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6020-4724
Simona Grad2nd Medical Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0009-0008-2951-7085
Daria Claudia TurtoiDepartment of Radiology, County University Emergency Hospital, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0009-0007-9062-9919
Darius-Stefan AmarieFaculty of Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0009-0003-8382-0919
Liliana David2nd Medical Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5442-3138
Vlad Dumitru BrataDepartment of Gastroenterology, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor", 400394 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0007-8962
Daniel Corneliu LeucutaDepartment of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4218-8622
Ahmed AbdelghafarFaculty of Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Claudia Diana GhermanDepartment of Surgery-Practical Abilities, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mihai Razvan Zahan2nd Medical Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Dinu Iuliu DumitrascuDepartment of Anatomy, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

ProcalcitoninBiomarkersHumansInflammationBiomarkersProcalcitoninacute pancreatitismalignancynon-infectious inflammationprocalcitoninrenal failureshocksurgerysystemic inflammatory responsetransplantationtrauma

Identifiers

PMID41901546
PMCPMC13028110

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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