Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) Is Associated with Severe Sepsis and Fatal Disease in Emergency Room Patients with Suspected Infection: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Early diagnostic and prognostic stratification of patients with suspected infection is a difficult clinical challenge. We studied plasma pentraxin 3 (PTX3) upon admission to the emergency department in patients with suspected infection. METHODS: The study comprised 537 emergency room pat...

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Autores principales: Uusitalo-Seppälä, Raija, Huttunen, Reetta, Aittoniemi, Janne, Koskinen, Pertti, Leino, Aila, Vahlberg, Tero, Rintala, Esa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23341967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053661

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23341967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053661

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