Clinical biochemistry
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Clinical biochemistry · Jul 2009
Serum procalcitonin at the time of admission to the ICU as a predictor of short-term mortality.
This purpose of this study was to determine if serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration at the time of admission to the ICU is a predictor of all-cause short-term mortality. ⋯ A PCT-Q value > or = 10 ng/mL obtained at the time of admission to the ICU is a strong predictor of short-term mortality.