Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as markers of systemic inflammatory response syndrome severity in critically ill children

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-484

  Rey, Corsino ^a   Los Arcos, Marta ^b   Concha, Andrés ^a   Medina, Alberto ^a   Prieto, Soledad ^a   Martinez, Pablo ^c   Prieto, Belen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ÁLVAREZ BUYLLA   (Spain)

^c State University of Tamaulipas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Shock; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 33847376418     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0509-7     Document Type: Article

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