Procalcitonin (PCT) in the ICU:
What you need to know for your sepsis patients

Wednesday, June 30, 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST, Webinar

Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy of sepsis is a daily challenge for physicians in the Intensive Care Unit. The new Procalcitonin (PCT) test, recently cleared by the FDA, measures PCT released under the stimulation of bacterial infection. This sensitive biomarker can help clinicians make more efficient diagnosis and treatment decisions in the risk assessment of patients with suspected sepsis. Dr. Eric Gluck is an early adopter of PCT in his institution. Through study and clinical utilization of the biomarker he has a breadth of experience from which to draw. In this educational teleconference, he will discuss the biomarker and its utility in the hospital. Dr. Gluck will describe the PCT study he conducted at Swedish Covenant Hospital among other relevant published studies. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from his use and knowledge of PCT through a discussion of several case studies, as well as a question and answer period to follow the event.
Objectives:
After this presentation, attendees will be able to:
Describe the biochemistry of Procalcitonin (PCT)
Apply PCT in identifying patients with sepsis
Utilize PCT to differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial causes of sepsis
Speaker:

Eric H. Gluck
MD, JD
Director of Critical Care Services, Swedish Covenant Hospital Professor of Medicine, Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School

Dr. Eric H. Gluck received his doctoral degree in medicine from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He completed his residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and a pulmonary fellowship at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Gluck currently serves as the director of Critical Care Services at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and as a professor of medicine at Finch University of Health Sciences at the Chicago Medical School. Dr. Gluck is a fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physicians, and the Chicago Institute of Medicine. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society, Society of Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, and the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. He has delivered numerous lectures and co-authored many articles in the field of pulmonary critical care.