The Incubator
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Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#439 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Is Procalcitonin Plus CRP the Better Sepsis Screen for Febrile Infants?
10 minutes Posted Apr 26, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Lyubina Yankova, hospitalist at Yale, presents findings from a large retrospective multi-center analysis across 106 sites examining whether the combination of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein (CRP) can match or outperform the inflammatory marker combinations currently recommended by the 2021 AAP guidelines for risk-stratifying febrile infants between 8 and 60 days of age. She shares why this combination showed similar sensitivity but higher specificity for detecting i...