Evaluation of lactate, white blood cell count, neutrophil count, procalcitonin and immature granulocyte count as biomarkers for sepsis in emergency department patients

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 16-17, 2017, Pages 956-958

  Karon, Brad S ^a   Tolan, Nicole V ^a,b   Wockenfus, Amy M ^a   Block, Darci R ^a   Baumann, Nikola A ^a   Bryant, Sandra C ^a   Clements, Casey M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immature granulocyte count; Lactate; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID; PROCALCITONIN; CALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; BLOOD; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ODDS RATIO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMARKERS; CALCITONIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; ODDS RATIO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 85019722790     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.05.014     Document Type: Article

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