Sequential measurements of procalcitonin levels in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia
Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 31 (2), 356-362
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00086707
Abstract
The utility of procalcitonin levels to improve the accuracy of clinical and microbiological parameters in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was evaluated.Keywords
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