A patient hospitalized in Intensive Care with an initial diagnosis of cardiac-respiratory insufficiency is described. Several clinical and laboratory parameters are analyzed, including procalcitonin (PCT), highlighting how they quickly correlate with episodes of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) which this patient repeatedly suffered, thus revealing a useful biomarker for timely diagnosis and therapy.
CORRELATION BETWEEN PROCALCITONIN AND OTHER INDICATORS OF INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
LA CAMERA, Giuseppa;CANTARELLA, Giovanni;DI VITA, Maria Domenica;
2014-01-01
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A patient hospitalized in Intensive Care with an initial diagnosis of cardiac-respiratory insufficiency is described. Several clinical and laboratory parameters are analyzed, including procalcitonin (PCT), highlighting how they quickly correlate with episodes of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) which this patient repeatedly suffered, thus revealing a useful biomarker for timely diagnosis and therapy.File in questo prodotto:
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