Diagnostic value and prognostic implications of serum procalcitonin after cardiac surgery: a systematic review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome is common after surgery, and it can be difficult to discriminate between infection and inflammation. We performed a review of the literature with the aims of describing the evolution of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels after uncomplicated cardiac...

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Autores principales: Sponholz, Christoph, Sakr, Yasser, Reinhart, Konrad, Brunkhorst , Frank
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1751067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17038199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5067

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