Role of lactate dehydrogenase and other biomarkers in predicting prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia

Abstract Background An increase in serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity is commonly taken to support the presumptive diagnosis of some lung diseases and a variety of extrapulmonary disorders, but the role of LDH as an early prognostic factor in detecting outcome in patients with community acqu...

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Main Authors: Rasha M. Hendy, Mona A. Elawady, Heba M. Abd EL Kareem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_22_19