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Should serial monitoring of procalcitonin be done routinely in critically ill patients of ICU: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition with dysregulated host response to infection. It is a major determinant of mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely investigated for prognosis in patients with sepsis. Most of the studies have cited that elevated PCT concentrati...

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Autores principales: Patnaik, Rupali, Azim, Afzal, Mishra, Prabhaker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8022053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33840923
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_388_19