Early identification of intensive care unit-acquired infections with daily monitoring of C-reactive protein: a prospective observational study

INTRODUCTION: Manifestations of sepsis are sensitive but are poorly specific of infection. Our aim was to assess the value of daily measurements of C-reactive protein (CRP), temperature and white cell count (WCC) in the early identification of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Póvoa, Pedro, Coelho, Luís, Almeida, Eduardo, Fernandes, Antero, Mealha, Rui, Moreira, Pedro, Sabino, Henrique
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16635270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4892

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16635270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4892

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