Plasma calprotectin as an indicator of need of transfer to intensive care in patients with suspected sepsis at the emergency department
Abstract Background Deciding whether to transfer patients with sepsis from the emergency department (ED) to intensive care units (ICUs) is challenging. We hypothesised that the new biomarker plasma calprotectin (p-calprotectin) could be used to aid the selection of patients for intensive care transf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00785-y |