1398 Haematological, C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin Behaviour in Neonatal Sepsis
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Role of serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.
This cross sectional observational study was done in the division of neonatology, department of pediatrics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the year 2007. The study population was 50 newborns in total who needed evaluation of sepsis on clinical suspicion. The main objective of this study was to assess serum procalcitonin (PCT) as a better diagnostic marker than C-Reactive...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-201011001-01398