In critically ill patients the procalcitonin level can be misleading

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Koeze, Jacqueline ^a   Hendrix, MG Ron ^b   van den Bergh, Frank A J T M ^c   Brouwer, René M L ^c   Zijlstra, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Twente Achterhoek   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; NOTE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79955608515     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10132     Document Type: Letter

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