Hyperprocalcitonemia as a clinical prognosis in septic patients of private hospitals in the city of Cuenca–Ecuador

Autor: Diego Enrique Ledesma Pacurucu, Hermel Medardo Espinosa, Carlos Enrique Flores Montesinos, Lizette Espinosa Martin, Zoila Katherine Torres, Karla Alexandra Aspiazu Hinostroza, Patricia Michelle Martínez Salazar
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Kasmera, Vol 48, Iss 1, Pp e48116092019-e48116092019 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0075-5222
2477-9628
64700003
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3593932
Popis: Procalcitonin, an acute phase’s reactant, enables to establish sepsis-diagnosis’-patients status, bringing the possibility of associate it with its prognosis. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical prognosis of hyperprocalcitonemia in septical patients of private hospital centers in Cuenca–Ecuador. The study was cross-sectional, the sample were 207 patients. Data was analyzed with SPSS statistical program (25.0); analysis was done through descriptive statistic; association through Odds Ratio (OR), confidence interval (95%), considering statiscally significant values with p
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