Correlation between locally versus centrally processed serum procalcitonin during emergency department research evaluation of febrile infants aged 0–60 days
Introduction: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a useful biomarker in the initial evaluation of febrile infants for serious bacterial infections (SBIs). However, PCT is not always available locally and must at times be frozen and shipped to a reference laboratory for research studies. We sought to compare PCT...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Practical Laboratory Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551724000374 |