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Can Procalcitonin Add to the Prognostic Power of the Severity Scoring System in Adults with Pneumonia?
BACKGROUND: The first decision confronting clinicians in the management of patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is whether the patient is to be hospitalized or not. We sought to validate the pneumonia scoring system and assess the power of procalcitonin (PCT) level to predict in-hospital...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26528363 |