Procalcitonin Use for Predicting Mortality and Morbidity of Patients Diagnosed With Sepsis Within the Intensive Care Unit

Objective Infections leading to severe sepsis and septic shock are among the top five causes requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Up to 40% of ICU admissions contain a sepsis diagnosis. Without a clear marker to diagnose and manage sepsis, procalcitonin has been extensively studied...

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Autores principales: Chew, Christopher R, Patel, Dhaval, Rynarzewska, Ania I, Jones, Louise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10690065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38046497
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48080

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