Usefulness of procalcitonin in the early detection of infection after thoracic surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1074-1078

  Falcoz, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Laluc, Fréderic ^a   Toubin, Marie Madeleine ^b   Puyraveau, Marc ^c   Clement, François ^a   Mercier, Mariette ^c   Chocron, Sidney ^a   Etievent, Joseph Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^c Medical School   (France)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Complications of surgery; General thoracic surgery; Lung infection; Morbidity; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOBECTOMY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 19344377970     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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