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Usefulness of procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit

INTRODUCTION: The diagnosis of sepsis in critically ill patients is challenging because traditional markers of infection are often misleading. The present study was conducted to determine the procalcitonin level at early diagnosis (and differentiation) in patients with systemic inflammatory response...

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Autores principales: BalcI, Canan, Sungurtekin, Hülya, Gürses, Ercan, Sungurtekin, Ugur, Kaptanoglu, Bünyamin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC154110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12617745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1843