Usefulness of procalcitonin for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1434-1440

  Luyt, Charles Edouard ^a   Combes, Alain ^a   Reynaud, Catherine ^a   Hekimian, Guillaume ^a   Nieszkowska, Ania ^a   Tonnellier, Marc ^a   Aubry, Alexandra ^a   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^a   Bernard, Maguy ^a   Chastre, Jean ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical pulmonary infection score; Diagnosis; Procalcitonin; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48149109455     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1112-x     Document Type: Article

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