Delta Procalcitonin Is a Better Indicator of Infection Than Absolute Procalcitonin Values in Critically Ill Patients: A Prospective Observational Study

Purpose. To investigate whether absolute value of procalcitonin (PCT) or the change (delta-PCT) is better indicator of infection in intensive care patients. Materials and Methods. Post hoc analysis of a prospective observational study. Patients with suspected new-onset infection were included in who...

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Autores principales: Trásy, Domonkos, Tánczos, Krisztián, Németh, Márton, Hankovszky, Péter, Lovas, András, Mikor, András, Hajdú, Edit, Osztroluczki, Angelika, Fazakas, János, Molnár, Zsolt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5002471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27597981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3530752

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