The Use of Procalcitonin (PCT) for Diagnosis of Sepsis in Burn Patients: A Meta-Analysis - Cabral, Luís; Afreixo, Vera; Almeida, Luís; Paiva, José Artur (PloS one, 2016)
Keywords: Algorithms; Anti-infective agents; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial agents; Bacterial infections; Bioindicators; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Blood levels; Burn patients; Burns; Burns - complications; Calcitonin - blood; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; Catheters; Diagnostic systems; Disseminated infection; Dosage and administration; Health care; Humans; Infection; Infections; Intensive care; Laboratory tests; Medical diagnosis; Medical ethics; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Microorganisms; Mortality; Patients; Physical Sciences; Procalcitonin; Prognosis; Protein Precursors - blood; Research and Analysis Methods; Resuscitation; Risk factors; Sepsis; Sepsis - blood; Sepsis - diagnosis; Sepsis - etiology; Studies; Systematic review; Therapy; Portugal