Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
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Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Biography

Dr. Isaac Acheampong is a PhD student of Immunology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology | KNUST. His research area is immunology. His publications include: Iron Deficiency among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at the KNUST Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; Total lymphocyte count as a surrogate marker for CD4 count in resource-limited settings, etc.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Procalcitonin as a Surrogate Marker of Sepsis in People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Case Study at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana
  Author(s): Charity Frimpong*, Francis Agyemang-Yeboah, Christian Obirikorang, Yasmine Hardy, Kwaku Nyame, Isaac Acheampong, Opoku Kwame, Sampson Donkor, Bright Oppong Afranie and Beatrice Amoah
  
  Sepsis is one of the commonest problems associated with the admission of critically ill patients, especially HIV/AIDS patients at the Critical Care Units of Hospitals. Diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis in the clinical setting is a challenge since there is no diagnostic tool for measuring the severity and course of sepsis. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the use of Procalcitonin as a surrogate marker of sepsis in a case-control study of both septic and non-septic HIV/AIDS and also for the determination of its cut-off threshold for sepsis. Using a hospital-based case–control study design, 100 HIV/AIDS patients comprising of 66 septic cases and 34 nonseptic were recruited from the Emergency Department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana. Sepsis was defined using the Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria. Serum Proc.. View More»
  

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