Procalcitonin as a marker for postoperative complications

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 153-154

  Haane, C ^a   Mardin, W A ^a   Irmscher, S ^a   Senninger, N ^a   Schleicher, C ^a   Mees, Soeren Torge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CATHETER; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 77951839014     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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