Value of procalcitonin (pct) as diagnostic test of infection in cardiac surgery (cs)
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Methods A prospective, descriptive study for 4 months (period: Oct 2014 Jan 2015) in pts. admitted to our ICU. We included adults undergoing emergent, elective or semiurgent heart valve replacement, coronary artery bypass grafting or aortic aneurysm surgery. Perioperative and outcome data were collected daily for 5 days. The pts. were subdivided in 3 groups: uncomplicated CS group, infectious complications group and non-infectious complications group. Perioperative non-infectious complications were reflected by inotropic and vasoactive drugs used, blood products transfusión, and reintervention for bleeding.
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