Can acute-phase response biomarkers differentiate infection from inflammation postpediatric cardiac surgery?

Background: Infection is a common serious complication postpediatric cardiac surgery. Diagnosis of infection after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is difficult in the presence of surgical stress, hemodynamic instability, and inflammatory reaction. Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the va...

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Main Authors: Bana Agha Nasser, Abdu Rahman Mesned, Mohamad Tageldein, Mohamed S Kabbani, Nada Siddig Sayed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-10-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_51_17