Serum and alveolar procalcitonin had a weak diagnostic value for ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with pulmonary infection score ≥ 6

Autor: Shokri Mehran, Ghasemian Roya, Bayani Masomeh, Maleh Parviz Amri, Kamrani Masoumeh, Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh Mahmoud, Ebrahimpour Soheil
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol 56, Iss 1, Pp 9-14 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2501-062X
DOI: 10.1515/rjim-2017-0038
Popis: Background. Measuring the serum and alveolar procalcitonin level as inflammatory marker in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been taken into account. In this study, serum and alveolar procalcitonin levels in patients with suspected VAP and patients with confirmed VAP were compared.
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