title: Procalcitonin kinetics as a prognostic marker of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. charles-edouard.luyt@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Charles-Edouard
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Luyt
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Combes
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Trouillet
authors.forename: Said Ben
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ayed
authors.forename: Maguy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gibert
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chastre
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012008:Recurrence; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide