Diagnostic value of procalcitonin levels as an early indicator of sepsis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 202-206

  Guven, Hakan ^a   Altintop, Levent ^a   Baydin, Ahmet ^a   Esen, Saban ^a   Aygun, Dursun ^a   Hokelek, Murat ^a   Doganay, Zahide ^a   Bek, Yuksel ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Emergency departments; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036249978     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.33005     Document Type: Article

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