Article
Procalcitonin as a Biomarker for Postoperative Pneumonia: A Study on Dynamics Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Adults
2024-10-22
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Objective Postoperative pneumonia (POP) frequently complicates cardiac surgery that involves cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study was aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of procalcitonin (PCT) for identifying pneumonia subsequent to CPB-assisted cardiac surgery. Methods Patients diagnosed with postoperative pneumonia were enrolled into the retrospective matched case-control stu...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 52669117-fb7b-5099-801e-e6b6ab96b080
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4983060/v1
