Rapid diagnostic methods in the detection of sepsis.
Any delay in the management of infection is deleterious, especially in patients whose illness is severe. It is of paramount importance to shorten this delay. This article emphasizes the different ways to reach this goal, including the use of new biologic markers, such as cytokines or procalcitonin.
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Intensive Care Unit, Fondation Hôpital Saint Joseph, Paris, France.
D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000032:analysis; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000032:analysis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D016207:Cytokines; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide