Procalcitonin as a biomarker of bacterial infection in pediatric patients after congenital heart surgery

BACKGROUND: Bacterial infection (BI) after congenital heart surgery (CHS) is associated with increased morbidity and is difficult to differentiate from systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as a reliable biomarker of BI in var...

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Autores principales: Chakravarti, Sujata B, Reformina, Diane A, Lee, Timothy M, Malhotra, Sunil P, Mosca, Ralph S, Bhatla, Puneet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.180665

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.180665

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