Diagnosis of sepsis by procalcitonin;Is procalcitonine van additionele waarde bij de diagnostiek van sepsis?

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Klinische Chemie

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-35

  Baumgarten, R ^a   Pequeriaux N C V ^a   Van Puyenbroek, M J E ^a   Speelberg, B ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Infection; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; SIRS; Systemic inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0036156471     PISSN: 13803689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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