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Procalcitonin and albumin as prognostic biomarkers in elderly patients with a risk of bacterial infection

AIM: This study was performed to investigate serum procalcitonin (PCT) and albumin (Alb) as prognostic biomarkers in elderly patients at risk of bacterial infection. METHODS: Serum PCT was measured in 270 hospitalized patients (mean age, 77.4 years) with suspected bacterial infection. The PCT-negati...

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Autores principales: Higashikawa, Toshihiro, Okuro, Masashi, Ishigami, Keiichirou, Mae, Kunihiro, Sangen, Ryusho, Mizuno, Takurou, Usuda, Daisuke, Saito, Atushi, Kasamaki, Yuji, Fukuda, Akihiro, Saito, Hitoshi, Morimoto, Shigeto, Kanda, Tsugiyasu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6124269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29658355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060518766640