Procalcitonin- marker of sepsis in trauma patients
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https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v10i5.5145Keywords:
Procalcitonin, SepsisAbstract
The present study was done to evaluate the predictive value of Procalcitonin in post traumatic sepsis patients. It is an age and sex matched prospective study. A total of 100 patients between between 20 to 50 years who were admitted in emergency department following road traffic accidents were included in the study. Serum Procalcitonin level compared between Group A (post traumatic patients with sepsis) and Group B (post traumatic patients without infections). The mean concentration of serum PCT in Group A and Group B were 3.96
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2019-05-31
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Procalcitonin- marker of sepsis in trauma patients. (2019). International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research, 10(5), e5145. https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v10i5.5145
