Evaluation of serum procalcitonin in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome with and without infection

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Ahmadinejad, Zahra ^a   Dadsetan, Banafshe ^a   Jalili, Mohammad ^a   Soudbakhsh, Abdolreza ^a   Rasolinejad, Mehrnaz ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 71949100477     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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