Procalcitonin kinetics: a reliable tool for diagnosis and monitoring of the course of bacterial infection in critically ill patients with autoimmune diseases.
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, #1 Shuai Fu Yuan Wang Fujing Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China, pumchshi@sina.com.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide