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Should C-reactive protein concentration at ICU discharge be used as a prognostic marker?

BACKGROUND: About one third of hospital mortality in critically ill patients occurs after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) discharge. Some authors have recently hypothesized that unresolved or latent inflammation and sepsis may be an important factor that contributes to death following successful discharge...

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Autores principales: Silvestre, Joana, Coelho, Luís, Póvoa, Pedro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-10-17