Serum procalcitonin level for the prediction of severity in women with acute pyelonephritis in the ED: Value of procalcitonin in acute pyelonephritis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1092-1097

  Park, Jeong Ho ^a   Wee, Jung Hee ^a   Choi, Seung Pill ^a   Park, Kyu Nam ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; SEPTIC SHOCK; STUDENT T TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PYELONEPHRITIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84880039485     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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