The value of procalcitonin in diagnosis of bacterial infection in patients submitted to cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Objective: To evaluate serum procalcitonin as a marker of infectionin post-surgical cardiac patients with cardiopulmonary bypass.Methods: To review the medical literature available (Medline,LILACS, SciELO, Ovid, Cochrane Library). Conclusions: Procalcitoninhas high specificity as compared to other i...
Main Authors: | Ronaldo Arkader, Valéria Casella |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
2004-06-01
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Series: | Einstein (São Paulo) |
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Online Access: | http://www.einstein.br/biblioteca/artigos/Vol2Num2/The%20value.pdf |
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