Discrimination of infectious and noninfectious causes of early acute respiratory distress syndrome by procalcitonin

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2172-2176

  Brunkhorst, Frank M ^a   Eberhard, Oliver K ^b   Brunkhorst, Reinhard ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Oststadt Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); C reactive protein; Interleukin 6; Murray score; Neopterin; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEOPTERIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032734656     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199910000-00016     Document Type: Article

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