Procalcitonin used as a marker of infection in the intensive care unit
Article 1999 en
Authors
HU
Héctor Ugarte
ES
Eliézer Silva
DM
Dany Mercan
Abstract
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ProCT is not a better marker of infection than CRP in critically ill patients, but it can represent a useful adjunctive parameter to identify infection and is a useful marker of the severity of infection.
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