Accuracy of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of sepsis in neonates and children with systemic inflammatory syndrome: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: A number of biomarkers have been studied for the diagnosis of sepsis in paediatrics, but no gold standard has been identified. Procalcitonin (PCT) was demonstrated to be an accurate biomarker for the diagnosis of sepsis in adults and showed to be promising in paediatrics. Our study revie...

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Autores principales: Pontrelli, Giuseppe, De Crescenzo, Franco, Buzzetti, Roberto, Jenkner, Alessandro, Balduzzi, Sara, Calò Carducci, Francesca, Amodio, Donato, De Luca, Maia, Chiurchiù, Sara, Davies, Elin Haf, Copponi, Giorgia, Simonetti, Alessandra, Ferretti, Elena, Di Franco, Valeria, Rasi, Virginia, Della Corte, Martina, Gramatica, Luca, Ciabattini, Marco, Livadiotti, Susanna, Rossi, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28438138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2396-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28438138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2396-7

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