Inflammatory parameters and prediction of prognosis in infective endocarditis

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely used in critically ill patients to diagnose clinically significant infection and sepsis. Aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of PCT in comparison to white blood cell count (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) for clinical outcome and its cor...

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Autores principales: Cornelissen, Christian G, Frechen, Dirk A, Schreiner, Karin, Marx, Nikolaus, Krüger, Stefan
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/PMC3688388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23767848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-272

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23767848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-272

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