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In Critically Ill Patients, Serum Procalcitonin Is More Useful in Differentiating between Sepsis and SIRS than CRP, Il-6, or LBP

We studied the usefulness of serum procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin-6 (IL-6), lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) levels and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, in differentiating between systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis in critically ill patients. Methods. In this single...

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Autores principales: Meynaar, Iwan A., Droog, Wouter, Batstra, Manou, Vreede, Rolf, Herbrink, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21687569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/594645