Accuracy of Procalcitonin Levels for Diagnosis of Culture-Positive Sepsis in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Analysis

Background Abdominal trauma and intra-abdominal sepsis are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Microcirculation in the gut is disrupted in hemorrhagic and septic shock leading to tissue hypoxia, and the damaged gut acts as a reservoir rich in inflammatory mediators and provides a co...

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Autores principales: Bakhtiar, Aisha, Haider Kazmi, Syed Jawad, Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib, Khurshaidi, Muhammad Nadeem, Mazhar, Salman, Khan, Noman A, Ahmed, Nisar, Yasmin, Farah, Yaseen, Rabail, Hassan, Maira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33659123
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12988

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33659123
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12988

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