Marked Elevation in Serum Procalcitonin Levels Do Not Correlate With Severity of Disease or Mortality in Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective Study
Background: Bacteremia and sepsis are significant contributors to the morbidity, mortality, and economic burden of health care systems worldwide. Procalcitonin has been identified as a potentially useful marker of disease and severity in sepsis. However, the assumption that greater procalcitonin lev...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Biomarker Insights |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1177271920917941 |