Prospective evaluation of serum procalcitonin in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis- experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in critically ill patients. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a promising marker for identification of bacterial sepsis. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of serum PCT concentration in patients with suspected sepsis admitted to m...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Sibtain, Siddiqui, Imran, Jafri, Lena, Hashmi, Madiha, Khan, Aysha Habib, Ghani, Farooq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2018.10.004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2018.10.004

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