The use of procalcitonin in the determination of severity of sepsis, patient outcomes and infection characteristics.

OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of this study was to determine the correlation between procalcitonin values and illness severity by evaluating the degree of end organ dysfunction using the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, length of stay and the severity of sepsis (sepsis alone vs. septic s...

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Main Authors: Iram Yunus, Anum Fasih, Yanzhi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6235293?pdf=render