Procalcitonin levels within 48 hours after burn injury as a prognostic factor

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Yang, Hyeong Tae ^a   Hur, Jun ^a   Chun, Wook ^a   Ju, Young Su ^a   Shin, Seon Hee ^a   Kang, Hee Jung ^a   Lee, Kyu Man ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Burn; Culture; Mortality; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED FLUORESCENCE ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863292556     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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