Independent Predictive Ability of Procalcitonin of Acute Kidney Injury among Critically Ill Patients

It is unclear whether serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels rise in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), and it is also unclear whether the elevation of PCT levels in this setting is independent of the existence of infection and impaired renal clearance. We conducted a retrospective study in a region...

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Main Authors: Ya-Ting Huang, Min-Yu Lai, Wei-Chih Kan, Chih-Chung Shiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/6/1939