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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Publicado no: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
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acesso em linha: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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