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Serum Procalcitonin and Procalcitonin Clearance as a Prognostic Biomarker in Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

We evaluated the tendency of the plasma concentration and procalcitonin (PCT) clearance (PCTc) to act as biomarkers of prognosis in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. From 2011 to 2013, we prospectively analyzed patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The serum PCT...

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Autores principales: Huang, Min-Yi, Chen, Chun-Yu, Chien, Ju-Huei, Wu, Kun-Hsi, Chang, Yu-Jun, Wu, Kang-Hsi, Wu, Han-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27088084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1758501