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The Clinical Significance of Procalcitonin Elevation in Patients over 75 Years Old Admitted for COVID-19 Pneumonia

AIM: To investigate the clinical significance of procalcitonin (PCT) elevation on hospital admission for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) and its association with mortality in oldest old patients (age > 75 years). METHODS: The clinical records of 1074 patients with chest high-resolution computed...

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Autores principales:	Ticinesi, Andrea, Nouvenne, Antonio, Prati, Beatrice, Guida, Loredana, Parise, Alberto, Cerundolo, Nicoletta, Bonaguri, Chiara, Aloe, Rosalia, Guerra, Angela, Meschi, Tiziana
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8245241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34326704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5593806

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