Clinical Usefulness of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein as Outcome Predictors in Critically Ill Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Jeong-Am Ryu; Jeong Hoon Yang; Daesang Lee; Chi-Min Park; Gee Young Suh; Kyeongman Jeon; Joongbum Cho; Sun Young Baek; Keumhee C. Carriere; Chi Ryang Chung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138150

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Clinical Usefulness of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein as Outcome Predictors in Critically Ill Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Jeong-Am Ryu,

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jeong Hoon Yang,

Affiliations Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Daesang Lee,

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Chi-Min Park,

Affiliations Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Gee Young Suh,

Affiliations Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kyeongman Jeon,

Affiliations Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Joongbum Cho,

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sun Young Baek,

Affiliation Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Keumhee C. Carriere,

Affiliation Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Chi Ryang Chung

* E-mail: ccrzzang@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Clinical Usefulness of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein as Outcome Predictors in Critically Ill Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Jeong-Am Ryu,
Jeong Hoon Yang,
Daesang Lee,
Chi-Min Park,
Gee Young Suh,
Kyeongman Jeon,
Joongbum Cho,
Sun Young Baek,
Keumhee C. Carriere,
Chi Ryang Chung

Published: September 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138150

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