Procalcitonin as a Predictor of Sepsis and Outcome in Severe Trauma Patients: A Prospective Study

Procalcitonin as a Predictor of Sepsis and Outcome in Severe Trauma Patients: A Prospective Study

Introduction: Despite the advances in medical sciences, the morbidity and mortality due to sepsis in severe trauma patients remains high; hence the need for early and accurate diagnosis. Very few prospective studies are available in a country like India, which tried to analyze the prediction of seps...

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Main Authors: Nonika Rajkumari, Purva Mathur, Satyapriya Sharma, Babita Gupta, Sanjeev Bhoi, Mahesh C Misra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013-07-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
biomarkers
procalcitonin
prognosis
sepsis
trauma
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.119852

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