Comparison of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin as predictors of postoperative infectious complications after elective colorectal surgery

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 612-619

  Oberhofer, Dagmar ^a   Juras, Josip ^b   Pavičić, Ana Marija ^a   Žurić, Iva Rančić ^a   Rumenjak, Vlatko ^a  

^a University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84872806708     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.612     Document Type: Article

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