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01/Jan/2011
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082011AO1878
ABSTRACT Objective: To verify serum procalcitonin levels of patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to influenza A (H1N1) upon their admission to the Intensive Care Unit and to compare these results to values found in patients with sepsis and trauma admitted to the same unit. Methods: Analysis of records of patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) and respiratory failure admitted to the General Intensive Care Unit during in a period of 60 days. The values of serum procalcitonin and clinical […]
Keywords: Biomarkers, pharmacological; Calcitonin; Infection; Intensive care units; Pneumonia, viral; Sepsis