PCT as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in burn patients. Whether time course has a role in monitoring sepsis treatment

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 356-363

  Lavrentieva, A ^a   Papadopoulou, S ^a   Kioumis, J ^a   Kaimakamis, E ^a   Bitzani, M ^a  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Localized infection; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURNS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84858082324     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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