Procalcitonin determined at emergency department as an early indicator of progression to septic shock in patient with sepsis associated with ureteral calculi

INTRODUCTION: To investigate the role of initial procalcitonin (PCT) level as an early predictor of septic shock for the patient with sepsis induced by acute pyelonephritis (APN) secondary to ureteral calculi. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data from 49 consecutive patients who met criteria of sepsis du...

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Autores principales: Ko, Young Hwii, Ji, Yoon Seob, Park, Sin-Youl, Kim, Su Jin, Song, Phil Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27256181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.0465

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27256181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.0465

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