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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...
Autores principales: | Chakravarti, Sujata B, Reformina, Diane A, Lee, Timothy M, Malhotra, Sunil P, Mosca, Ralph S, Bhatla, Puneet |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2016
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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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