Comparison of diagnostic and prognostic utility of lactate and procalcitonin for sepsis in adult cancer patients presenting to emergency department with systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Objectives: Differentiating sepsis from other noninfectious causes of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in cancer patients is often challenging. Although lactate and procalcitonin have been studied extensively regarding sepsis management, little is known about their utility in cancer pa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316000029 |