Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hausfater, Pierre ^a   Juillien, Gaëlle ^a   Madonna Py, Beatrice ^a   Haroche, Julien ^a   Bernard, Maguy ^a   Riou, Bruno ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 34250762608     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc5926     Document Type: Article

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