Usefulness of Plasma Procalcitonin to Predict Severity in Elderly Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the leading causes of death among the elderly. Several studies have reported the clinical usefulness of serum procalcitonin, a biomarker of bacterial infection. However, the association between the levels of procalcitonin and the severity in t...

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Hauptverfasser: Kim, Ji Hye, Seo, Joo Wan, Mok, Jeong Ha, Kim, Mi Hyun, Cho, Woo Hyun, Lee, Kwangha, Kim, Ki Uk, Jeon, Doosoo, Park, Hye-Kyung, Kim, Yun Seong, Kim, Hyung Hoi, Lee, Min Ki
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672412/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23750168
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.5.207
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