Is Procalcitonin Useful in Pediatric Critical Care Patients?

This review examines the use of procalcitonin in different clinical situations in the pediatric patient, with special emphasis on those requiring intensive care. We review the latest articles on its potency as a biomarker in both infectious processes at diagnosis and on the response to treatment.

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Autores principales: Bobillo-Perez, Sara, Rodríguez-Fanjul, Javier, Jordan Garcia, Iolanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Concise Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30093797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1177271918792244
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spelling pubmed-60817512018-08-09 Is Procalcitonin Useful in Pediatric Critical Care Patients? Bobillo-Perez, Sara Rodríguez-Fanjul, Javier Jordan Garcia, Iolanda Biomark Insights Concise Review This review examines the use of procalcitonin in different clinical situations in the pediatric patient, with special emphasis on those requiring intensive care. We review the latest articles on its potency as a biomarker in both infectious processes at diagnosis and on the response to treatment. SAGE Publications 2018-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6081751/ /pubmed/30093797 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1177271918792244 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_sort is procalcitonin useful in pediatric critical care patients?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081751/
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