Diagnostic value of procalcitonin in ventilator associated pneumonia

Chinese Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 370-372

  Zhou, Cheng Dun ^a   Lu, Ze Yuan ^a   Ren, Nan Zheng ^a   Zhang, Gui Chang ^a  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Procalcitonin; Ventilador associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; CALCITONIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33745728395     PISSN: 10030603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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