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Markedly elevated procalcitonin in early postoperative period in pediatric open heart surgery: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: We encountered markedly elevated procalcitonin (PCT) among pediatric patients during the early postoperative period of open heart surgery. The purpose of this study is to investigate what factors are associated with the PCT elevation. METHODS: Fifty-two pediatric patients undergoing card...

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Autores principales: Minami, Etsuko, Ito, Shoji, Sugiura, Takeshi, Fujita, Yoshihito, Sasano, Hiroshi, Sobue, Kazuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4407498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25908988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-0492-2-38