Serum and alveolar procalcitonin had a weak diagnostic value for ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with pulmonary infection score ≥ 6

Mehran Shokri; Roya Ghasemian; Masomeh Bayani; Parviz Amri Maleh; Masoumeh Kamrani; Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh; Soheil Ebrahimpour

doi:10.1515/rjim-2017-0038

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Serum and alveolar procalcitonin had a weak diagnostic value for ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with pulmonary infection score ≥ 6

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine

Volume 56 (2018): Issue 1 (March 2018)

By: Mehran Shokri, Roya Ghasemian, Masomeh Bayani, Parviz Amri Maleh, Masoumeh Kamrani, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh and Soheil Ebrahimpour

Open Access

|Mar 2018

Authors

Mehran Shokri

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol

Roya Ghasemian

Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari

Masomeh Bayani

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol

Parviz Amri Maleh

Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol

Masoumeh Kamrani

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol

Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol

Soheil Ebrahimpour

drsoheil1503@yahoo.com

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2017-0038 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749

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Language: English

Page range: 9 - 14

Submitted on: Sep 10, 2017

Published on: Mar 7, 2018

Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

alveolar procalcitonin,

serum procalcitonin,

ventilator-associated pneumonia,

bronchoalveolar lavage,

Related subjects:

Internal medicine, other,

Cardiology,

Gastroenterology,

Rheumatology

© 2018 Mehran Shokri, Roya Ghasemian, Masomeh Bayani, Parviz Amri Maleh, Masoumeh Kamrani, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh, Soheil Ebrahimpour, published by N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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