Clinical biochemistry
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Clinical biochemistry · Dec 2006
Procalcitonin in the diagnosis of inflammation in intensive care units.
To assess the effectiveness of different procalcitonin cutoff values to distinguish non-infected (negative+SIRS) from infected (sepsis+severe sepsis+septic shock) medical and surgical patients. ⋯ This study highlights the need of different PCT cutoff values in medical and surgical critically ill patients, not only at the ICU admission but also in the entire ICU stay.