Comparison of procalcitonin measurement by a semi-quantitative method and an ultra-sensitive quantitative method in a pediatric emergency department

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1557-1560

  Manzano, Sergio ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a,b   Girodias, Jean Bernard ^a   Cousineau, Jocelyne ^a   Delvin, Edgard ^a   Gervaix, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Children's Hospital HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency department; Inter rater reliability; Procalcitonin; Quantitative assay; Semi quantitative assay

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALCITONIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70249124886     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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