Procalcitonin as a biomarker of bacterial infection in pediatric patients after congenital heart surgery

BACKGROUND: Bacterial infection (BI) after congenital heart surgery (CHS) is associated with increased morbidity and is difficult to differentiate from systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as a reliable biomarker of BI in var...

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Pubblicato in:Ann Pediatr Cardiol
Autori principali: Chakravarti, Sujata B, Reformina, Diane A, Lee, Timothy M, Malhotra, Sunil P, Mosca, Ralph S, Bhatla, Puneet
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4867794/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212844
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.180665
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