Acute phase proteins for the diagnosis of bacterial infection and prediction of mortality in acute complications of cirrhosis

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-439

  Lazzarotto, César ^a   Ronsoni, Marcelo Fernando ^a   Fayad, Leonardo ^a   Nogueira, Christiane Lourenço ^a   Bazzo, Maria Luiza ^a   Narciso Schiavon, Janaína Luz ^a   Schiavon, Leonardo de Lucca ^a   Dantas Corrêa, Esther Buzaglo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Liver disease; Procalcitonin; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885743674     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31344-4     Document Type: Article

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