Acute Infections and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Although infections are frequent in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), its effect on adverse outcome risk remains unclear. We investigated the incidence and prognostic impact of infections requiring antibiotic treatment and of inflammatory biomarkers (C-reactive protein [CRP] and procalcitonin [...

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Main Authors: Ann-Sophie Eggers, Alaa Hafian, Markus H. Lerchbaumer, Gerd Hasenfuß, Karl Stangl, Burkert Pieske, Mareike Lankeit, Matthias Ebner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/10/3546