A composite score combining procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and temperature has a high positive predictive value for the diagnosis of intensive care-acquired infections

BACKGROUND: Nosocomial infection diagnosis in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains a challenge. We compared routine measurements of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell count (WBC) and temperature in the detection of ICU-acquired infections. METHOD: Prospective observatio...

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Autores principales: Robriquet, Laurent, Séjourné, Caroline, Kipnis, Eric, D’herbomez, Michele, Fourrier, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23547830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-159

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