A latent class approach for sepsis diagnosis supports use of procalcitonin in the emergency room for diagnosis of severe sepsis

BACKGROUND: Given the acknowledged problems in sepsis diagnosis, we use a novel way with the application of the latent class analysis (LCA) to determine the operative characteristics of C-reactive protein (CRP), D-dimer (DD) and Procalcitonin (PCT) as diagnostic tests for sepsis in patients admitted...

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Autores principales: Jaimes, Fabián A, De La Rosa, Gisela D, Valencia, Marta L, Arango, Clara M, Gomez, Carlos I, Garcia, Alex, Ospina, Sigifredo, Osorno, Susana C, Henao, Adriana I
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/PMC3850719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24050481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-13-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24050481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-13-23

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