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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein perform better than the neutrophil/lymphocyte count ratio in evaluating hospital acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: The relationship between biomarkers and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is understudied, especially in severe cases admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Compared with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), HAP might have different traits regarding biomarkers due to the previous hist...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Nan, Zhu, Dongmei, Han, Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7289235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32527243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01207-6