Procalcitonin - A sepsis parameter in severe burn injuries

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 745-750

  Von Heimburg, D ^a   Stieghorst, W ^a   Khorram Sefat, R ^a   Pallua, N ^a  

^a Inst F Mineral Iagerstattenkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burn; Inhalation injury; Procalcitonin; Score; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD LEVEL; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRIC BURN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG BURN; MYCOSIS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; BURNS, INHALATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032437005     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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