Role of plasma procalcitonin in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Systematic review and metaanalysis;Papel de la procalcitonina plasmática en el diagnóstico de la neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica: Revisión sistemática y metaanálisis

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 337-346

  Sotillo Diaz J C ^a   Bermejo Lopez E ^a   Garcia Olivares P ^a   Peral Gutierrez J A ^a   Sancho Gonzalez M ^a   Guerrero Sanz, J E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic metaanalysis; Procalcitonin; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

CALCITONIN; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84904543832     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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