Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin in the early detection of infection after elective colorectal surgery – a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Colorectal surgery is associated with postoperative infectious complications in up to 40% of cases, but the diagnosis of these complications is frequently misleading, delaying its resolution. Several biomarkers have been shown to be useful in infection diagnosis. METHODS: We conducted a...

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Autores principales: Silvestre, Joana, Rebanda, Jorge, Lourenço, Carlos, Póvoa, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25132018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-444

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25132018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-444

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