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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin and C reactive protein for infection and sepsis in elderly patients

BACKGROUND/AIM: Biomarkers are useful for diagnosing infection and sepsis in adults, but data are limited in elderly patients. Furthermore, clinical symptoms of infection in elderly patients are usually atypical or unclear. We aimed to assess the usefulness of PCT, CRP, and WBC in distinguishing eld...

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Autores principales: ZİNCİRCİOĞLU, Çiler, ROLLAS, Kazım, GÜLDOĞAN, Işıl Köse, SARITAŞ, Aykut, ÖZKARAKAŞ, Hüseyin, ERSAN, Gürsel, ŞENOĞLU, Nimet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8742470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34344141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/sag-2007-268

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