Use of Procalcitonin in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: Procalcitonin Is Not Related with Increased Serum Calcitonin
Objectives. To investigate whether procalcitonin (PCT) could be useful for detecting bacterial infections in patients on hemodialysis (HD) and with increased calcitonin (CT). Methods. This prospective study included 42 males and 34 females on HD. The infection group consisted of 15 patients with pr...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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International Scholarly Research Network
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3363985/ |