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Value of procalcitonin for diagnosis of early onset pneumonia in hypothermia-treated cardiac arrest patients
Intensive Care Medicine, 10/27/09
Mongardon N et al. – The diagnostic value of PCT is poor after cardiac arrest and should not be performed to assess early onset pneumonia. The post–resuscitation disease itself could play a major role in this lack of specificity and predictive value.
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