Pancreatic stone protein predicts postoperative infection in cardiac surgery patients irrespective of cardiopulmonary bypass or surgical technique.

Pancreatic stone protein predicts postoperative infection in cardiac surgery patients irrespective of cardiopulmonary bypass or surgical technique.

<h4>Introduction</h4>We investigated the role of pancreatic stone protein (PSP) in predicting the occurrence of infection in the postoperative course of cardiac surgery patients. Several biomarkers indicating the presence of inflammation and infection are available in the clinical routin...

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Main Authors: Holger J Klein, Adam Csordas, Volkmar Falk, Ksenija Slankamenac, Alain Rudiger, Felix Schönrath, Hector Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, Christoph T Starck, Rolf Graf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120276

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120276

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