A study of mid-regional-proadrenomedullin in community-acquired pneumonia and sepsis as a prognostic marker

Background Mid-regional (MR)-proadrenomedullin has shown to be a sole diagnostic biomarker in sepsis and septic shock due to pneumonia in recent studies. Aim Evaluation of the usefulness of MR-proadrenomedullin either alone or combined with pneumonia severity index (PSI) and Confusion, Urea, Respira...

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Main Authors: Radwa Morsy, Ayman A El-Zaher, Ayman El Dib, Mohammed Abdelmenem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2019;volume=68;issue=3;spage=371;epage=377;aulast=Morsy