Elevated postoperative serum procalcitonin is not indicative of bacterial infection in cardiac surgical patients

Elevated postoperative serum procalcitonin is not indicative of bacterial infection in cardiac surgical patients

Background: Identifying infections early, commencing appropriate empiric antibiotic not only helps gain control early, but also reduces mortality and morbidity. Conventional cultures take about 5 days to identify infections. To identify the infections early biomarker like serum procalcitonin (SPC)....

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Main Authors: Murali Chakravarthy, Deepak Kavaraganahalli, Sumant Pargaonkar, Rajathadri Hosur, Chidananda Harivelam, Ashwin Bharadwaj, Aditi Raghunathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Cardiac surgery; hospital-acquired infection; infection; procalcitonin; sepsis
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2015;volume=18;issue=2;spage=210;epage=214;aulast=Chakravarthy

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