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Impact of previous sepsis on the accuracy of procalcitonin for the early diagnosis of blood stream infection in critically ill patients
BACKGROUND: Blood stream infections (BSI) are life-threatening infections in intensive care units (ICU), and prognosis is highly dependent on early detection. Procalcitonin levels have been shown to accurately and quickly distinguish between BSI and noninfectious inflammatory states in critically il...
Autores principales: | Charles, Pierre Emmanuel, Ladoire, Sylvain, Snauwaert, Aurélie, Prin, Sébastien, Aho, Serge, Pechinot, André, Olsson, Niels-Olivier, Blettery, Bernard, Doise, Jean-Marc, Quenot, Jean-Pierre |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-163 |
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