Procalcitonin as a diagnostic test for sepsis in critically ill adults and after surgery or trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Critical Care Medicine

• Publication date

  2006-06-29

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/01.CCM.0000226413.54364.36PMID 16715031
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