The Advancement in Detecting Sepsis and Its Outcome: Usefulness of Procalcitonin in Diagnosing Sepsis and Predicting Fatal Outcomes in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit

Sepsis still remains a big challenge in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) despite stellar advances made in the field of medicine. We can achieve better clinical outcomes in patients by diagnosing sepsis earlier. Procalcitonin (PCT), an inflammatory biomarker, has shown promising resul...

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Autores principales: Malik, Mushrin, Sreekantan Nair, Archana, Illango, Janan, Siddiqui, Nabeel, Gor, Rajvi, Fernando, Ransirini W, Hamid, Pousette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8114960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33996303
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14439

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8114960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33996303
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14439

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