Procalcitonin as an early marker of sepsis;Prokalzitonin-schnelltest als frühmarker einer sepsis

Anaesthesist

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 650-654

  Thuemer, O ^a   Huttemann E ^a   Sakka, S G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial septum defect; Pulmonary artery embolism; Sepsis; Sepsis marker; Septic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; PROCALCITONIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; OXYGENATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOSIS; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 33746223070     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-006-1010-y     Document Type: Article

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