Biomarkers predicting sepsis in polytrauma patients: Current evidence

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1680-1692

  Ciriello, Vincenzo ^a   Gudipati, Suribabu ^a   Stavrou, Petros Z ^a   Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a   Bellamy, Mark C ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; IL 6; Polytrauma; Procalcitonin; Recommendations; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; NEOPTERIN; PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887030291     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.09.024     Document Type: Review

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