Procalcitonin - A routine parameter in intensive medicine ?;Procalcitonin - Ein Routineparameter in der Intensivmedizin?

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-131

  Huber, W ^a   Reichenberger, J ^a   Salmhofer, H ^a   Neu, B ^a   Ermler, R ^a   Schweigart, U ^a   Rothmeier, L ^a   Bottermann, P ^a   Classen, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Organ failure; Procalcitonin; Routine; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0031957803     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003900050128     Document Type: Article

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