Ability of procalcitonin to distinguish between bacterial and nonbacterial infection in severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary syndrome in the ICU

BACKGROUND: To assess the ability of procalcitonin (PCT) to distinguish between bacterial and nonbacterial causes of patients with severe acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) admitted to the ICU, we conducted a retrospective analysis of two prospective studies including 375 patients with severe AECOP...

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Autores principales: Daubin, Cédric, Fournel, François, Thiollière, Fabrice, Daviaud, Fabrice, Ramakers, Michel, Polito, Andréa, Flocard, Bernard, Valette, Xavier, Du Cheyron, Damien, Terzi, Nicolas, Fartoukh, Muriel, Allouche, Stephane, Parienti, Jean-Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33675432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00816-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33675432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00816-6

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