In critically ill patients the procalcitonin level can be misleading

Crit Care. 2011;15(2):422. doi: 10.1186/cc10132. Epub 2011 Apr 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / blood*
  • Bacterial Load*
  • Calcitonin / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Protein Precursors / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Sepsis / blood*
  • Sepsis / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / blood*

Substances

  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin