High procalcitonin levels associated with increased intensive care unit admission and mortality in patients with a COVID-19 infection in the emergency department

BACKGROUND: Patients with a severe COVID-19 infection often require admission at an intensive care unit (ICU) when they develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Hyperinflammation plays an important role in the development of ARDS in COVID-19. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker which may b...

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Autores principales: Tong-Minh, Kirby, van der Does, Yuri, Engelen, Susanna, de Jong, Evelien, Ramakers, Christian, Gommers, Diederik, van Gorp, Eric, Endeman, Henrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8860271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35189826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07144-5

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