Early changes of procalcitonin predict bacteremia in patients with intensive care unit-acquired new fever

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1832-1837

  Shi, Yan ^a   Du, Bin ^a   Xu, Ying Chun ^a   Rui, Xi ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Wang, Yao ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Biological markers; Calcitonin precursorpolyprotein; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SEROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84877872954     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130327     Document Type: Article

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