Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin in suspected community-acquired pneumonia adults visiting emergency department and having a systematic thoracic CT scan

INTRODUCTION: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requires prompt treatment, but its diagnosis is complex. Improvement of bacterial CAP diagnosis by biomarkers has been evaluated using chest X-ray infiltrate as the CAP gold standard, producing conflicting results. We analyzed the diagnostic accuracy...

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Published in:Crit Care
Main Authors: Le Bel, Josselin, Hausfater, Pierre, Chenevier-Gobeaux, Camille, Blanc, François-Xavier, Benjoar, Mikhael, Ficko, Cécile, Ray, Patrick, Choquet, Christophe, Duval, Xavier, Claessens, Yann-Erick
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608327/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26472401
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-1083-6
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