Serum Procalcitonin Level Is Associated with Positive Blood Cultures, In-hospital Mortality, and Septic Shock in Emergency Department Sepsis Patients

This study examines the accuracy of initial and subsequent serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels in predicting positive blood cultures, in-hospital mortality, and development of septic shock in emergency department (ED) patients with severe sepsis. This study includes all patients who presented to our ED...

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izdano v:Cureus
Main Authors: Webb, Amanda L, Kramer, Nicholas, Stead, Tej G, Mangal, Rohan, Lebowitz, David, Dub, Larissa, Rosario, Javier, Tak, Mihir, Reddy, Srikar, Lee, James R, Adams, Jeffrey, Banerjee, Paul R, Wallen, Michelle, Ganti, Latha
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7249749/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32467788
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7812
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