Procalcitonin (PCT) in patients with abdominal sepsis

Intensive Care Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Reith, H B ^a,b   Mittelkotter U ^a,b   Wagner, R ^a   Thiede, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Diagnosis; Peritonitis; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Septic courses

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEOPTERIN; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0034072086     PISSN: 09351701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02900731     Document Type: Article

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