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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Prognostic value of procalcitonin rapid test in purulent inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial region

Belchenko VA1, Chantyr IV2, Zavgorodnev KD1,2, Pakhomova YuI2
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1 Maxillofacial Hospital for War Veterans, Pirogov City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Kirill D. Zavgorodnev
Lesteva, 9, Moscow, 115191, Russia; ur.liam@41emehz

About paper

Author contribution: Belchenko VA, Chantyr IV — study concept and design; Chantyr IV, Zavgorodnev KD — data acquisition and processing; Zavgorodnev KD, Pakhomova YuI — statistical data processing; Chantyr IV, Zavgorodnev KD, Pakhomova YuI — manuscript writing; Pakhomova YuI — illustrating; Belchenko VA — editing.

Received: 2025-03-19 Accepted: 2025-04-02 Published online: 2025-04-15
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Fig. 1. ICA Procalcitonin 500 test kit (drawing by the author)
Fig. 2. Mode of the number of cellular maxillofacial spaces affected by inflammation
Fig. 3. Dependence of the main inflammation biomarkers on procalcitonin levels
Fig. 4. Analysis of the development of complications depending on procalcitonin levels
Fig. 5. Analysis of the development of complications depending on the patient’s age
Fig. 6. Sheme of odontogenic sepsis pathogenesis (drawing by the author)
Table 1. Triage system criteria for identifying patients into green, yellow and red flows
Table 2. Comparative characteristics of the studied patient groups