Procalcitonin and procalcitonin kinetics for diagnosis and prognosis of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections in selected critically ill patients: a prospective observational study.

Theodorou, Vasiliki P; Papaioannou, Vasilios E; Tripsianis, Gregory A; Panopoulou, Maria K; Christophoridis, Elias K; Kouliatsis, Georgios A; Gioka, Theodora M; Maltezos, Efstratios S; Ktenidou-Kartali, Sophia I; Pneumatikos, Ioannis A

Theodorou, Vasiliki P; Papaioannou, Vasilios E; Tripsianis, Gregory A; Panopoulou, Maria K; Christophoridis, Elias K; Kouliatsis, Georgios A; Gioka, Theodora M; Maltezos, Efstratios S; Ktenidou-Kartali, Sophia I; Pneumatikos, Ioannis A.

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Theodorou VP; Department of Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece. vassiliki.theodorou@gmail.com

BMC Infect Dis ; 12: 247, 2012 Oct 08.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23043618

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Calcitonin/blood; Catheter-Related Infections/diagnosis; Protein Precursors/blood; Sepsis/diagnosis; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Cohort Studies; Critical Illness; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Protein Precursors / Calcitonin / Sepsis / Catheter-Related Infections Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Evaluation_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: BMC Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2012 Type: Article Affiliation country: Greece

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