Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation

Article Article scientifique Article Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation eng 2017 author Cousin Vladimir 659628 author Lambert Kalinka 670266 author Trabelsi Shahar 670482 author Galetto-Lacour Annick 32921 author Posfay Barbe Klara 39230 author Wildhaber Barbara 595596 author Mclin Valérie Anne 799651 149 10.1186/s12879-017-2234-y 28201980 1471-2334 Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT measurements to detect bacterial infection in a cohort of children immediately after pediatric liver transplantation (pLT). Bacterial Infections/blood/diagnosis Biomarkers/blood Calcitonin/blood Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide/blood Child Preschool Early Diagnosis Female Humans Liver Transplantation Male Peritonitis/blood/diagnosis Postoperative Complications/blood/diagnosis Predictive Value of Tests Protein Precursors/blood ROC Curve Retrospective Studies Dewey 618 58 Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique 223 false 559 Pathologies hépatiques congénitales et acquises de l'enfant 900 149 Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile 183 546 Recherche clinique en chirurgie pédiatrique 886 515 Recherche en infectiologie pédiatrique et en pédiatrie générale 853 BMC Infectious Diseases 17 1 22eaab40-1dfd-4679-90ee-61fb4800c4fe Article (Published version) Public Cousin_et_al-2017-BMC_Infectious_Diseases.pdf 735792 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

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