Evaluation of procalcitonin elevation during ICU stay and its relationship with mortality in ICU patients for COVID-19 with respiratory involvement. A multicenter prospective cohort study

Evaluation of procalcitonin elevation during ICU stay and its relationship with mortality in ICU patients for COVID-19 with respiratory involvement. A multicenter prospective cohort study

IntroductionA multicenter prospective cohort study studied patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) by coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) with respiratory involvement. We observed the number of occasions in which the value of procalcitonin (PCT) was higher than 0.5 ng/ml.ObjectiveEvaluation of PCT...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Rivera-Fernandez, Luis Yáguez-Mateos, María Guerrero-Marin, Rosa María Pérez-Manrique, María Rojas-Amezcua, Antonio Jesús Pontes-Moreno, Juan José Ríos-Toro, Rosa Vela-Colmenero, María Isabel Ruiz-Garcia, Crispín Colmenero-Aguilar, Ana Castillo-Rivera, María Dolores Pola-Gallego de Guzmán, Eduardo Aguilar-Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
procalcitonin
COVID-19
respiratory involvement
ICU
sepsis–diagnostics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.972659/full

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