Prediction of blood culture results by measuring procalcitonin levels and other inflammatory biomarkers

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 330-333

  Arai, Takao ^a   Kumasaka, Kenichiro ^a   Nagata, Katuhiro ^a   Okita, Taihei ^a   Oomura, Taishi ^a   Hoshiai, Akira ^a   Koyama, Masaharu ^a   Ohta, Shoichi ^a   Yukioka, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE RESULT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84898602380     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.035     Document Type: Article

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