Cardiac troponin level is not an independent predictor of mortality in septic patients requiring medical intensive care unit admission

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Brivet, François G ^a   Jacobs, Frédéric M ^a   Colin, Patrice ^a   Prat, Dominique ^a   Grigoriu, Bogdan ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL MODEL; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEPSIS; TROPONIN;

EID: 34447569553     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3990     Document Type: Letter

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