Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker for sepsis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-

  Schlattmann, Peter ^a   Brunkhorst, Frank M ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM;

CALCITONIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84894291622     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70325-6     Document Type: Letter

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