Procalcitonin elevation suggests a septic source

American Surgeon

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 906-909

  Friend, Kara E ^a   Burgess, Jessica N ^a   Britt, Rebecca C ^a   Collins, Jay N ^a   Weireter, Leonard N ^a   Novosel, Timothy J ^a   Britt, L D ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; GRAM POSITIVE SEPSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908352283     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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