Evaluation of serum procalcitonin concentration in the ICU following severe burn

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 860-864

  Bargues, L ^a   Chancerelle, Y ^b   Catineau, J ^a   Jault, P ^a   Carsin, H ^a  

^a PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURNS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 34548476036     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.10.401     Document Type: Article

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