Can procalcitonin and chest echography be used to diagnose ventilator-associated pneumonia?
From the Second Department of Respiration, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Xia
X
Feng
From the Second Department of Respiration, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, China. Electronic address: 18788608686@163.com.
Jian-Yong
JY
Zhang
D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin