Clinical Applications of Procalcitonin in Pediatrics: An Advanced Biomarker for Inflammation and Infection—Can It Also Be Used in Trauma?

Background. Procalcitonin is a small molecular peptide that has gained increased support as an adjunct diagnostic marker of infection in the adult population; the concordant body of evidence for the use of procalcitonin in pediatric populations is far less complete. Objectives. Our objective is to r...

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Autores principales: Koutroulis, Ioannis, Loscalzo, Steven M., Kratimenos, Panagiotis, Singh, Sabina, Weiner, Evan, Syriopoulou, Vassiliki, Theocharis, Stamatios, Chrousos, Georgios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/286493

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