The utility of serial procalcitonin measurements in addition to pneumonia severity scores in hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia: A multicentre, prospective study
Author(s) -
Akihiro Ito,
Isao Ito,
Daiki Inoue,
Satoshi Marumo,
Tetsuya Ueda,
Hiroaki Nakagawa,
Masato Taki,
Atsushi Nakagawa,
Shuji Tatsumi,
Takashi Nishimura,
Tetsuhiro Shiota,
Tadashi Ishida
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.018
Subject(s) - procalcitonin , medicine , community acquired pneumonia , confidence interval , odds ratio , pneumonia severity index , prospective cohort study , pneumonia , multivariate analysis , cohort study , sepsis
The usefulness of serial procalcitonin (PCT) measurements for predicting the prognosis and treatment efficacy for hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients was investigated.
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