Elevated postoperative serum procalcitonin is not indicative of bacterial infection in cardiac surgical patients

BACKGROUND: Identifying infections early, commencing appropriate empiric antibiotic not only helps gain control early, but also reduces mortality and morbidity. Conventional cultures take about 5 days to identify infections. To identify the infections early biomarker like serum procalcitonin (SPC)....

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Autores principales: Chakravarthy, Murali, Kavaraganahalli, Deepak, Pargaonkar, Sumant, Hosur, Rajathadri, Harivelam, Chidananda, Bharadwaj, Ashwin, Raghunathan, Aditi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Janak Mehta Award
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849691
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.154480

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25849691
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.154480

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