Plasma procalcitonin level as a predictor of treatment response in ICU patients with bacterial sepsis
"nBackground: Sepsis is one of the most important causes of mortality in severely ill ICU patients. At least, a part of high mortality rate in sepsis patients is due to less specific clinical symptoms for prompt diagnosis. Recently some studies report that serum levels of procalcitonin will...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Tehran University Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/15767.pdf&manuscript_id=15767 |