Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department. | Available online http content 11 3 R60 Research Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department Pierre Hausfater1 Gaelle Juillien1 Beatrice Madonna-Py1 Julien Haroche2 Maguy Bernard3 and Bruno Riou1 Open Access Service d Accueil des Urgences Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 47-83 Boulevard de l Hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13 France 2Service de Médecine Interne Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 47-83 Boulevard de l Hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13 France 3Fédération de Biochimie Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 47-83 Boulevard de l Hôpital 75651 Paris Cedex 13 France Corresponding author Pierre Hausfater Received 6 Nov 2006 Revisions requested 22 Dec 2006 Revisions received 22 Jan 2007 Accepted 23 May 2007 Published 23 May 2007 Critical Care 2007 11 R60 doi cc5926 This article is online at http content 11 3 R60 2007 Hausfater et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Identification of bacterial infections is crucial if treatment is to be initiated early and antibiotics used rationally. The primary objective of this study was to test the efficiency of procalcitonin PCT in identifying bacterial parasitic episodes among febrile adult patients presenting to an emergency department. Secondary objectives were to identify clinical or biological variables associated with .
