Real-world use of procalcitonin and other biomarkers among sepsis hospitalizations in the United States: A retrospective, observational study

Eric Gluck; H. Bryant Nguyen; Kishore Yalamanchili; Margaret McCusker; Jaya Madala; Frank A. Corvino; Xuelian Zhu; Robert Balk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205924

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Real-world use of procalcitonin and other biomarkers among sepsis hospitalizations in the United States: A retrospective, observational study

Eric Gluck,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Swedish Covenant Medical Group, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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H. Bryant Nguyen,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Hyperbaric, and Sleep Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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Kishore Yalamanchili,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
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Margaret McCusker,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostics Information Solutions, Roche Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, United States of America
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Jaya Madala,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostics Information Solutions, Roche Diagnostics, Pleasanton, California, United States of America
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Frank A. Corvino,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genesis Research LLC, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America
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Xuelian Zhu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genesis Research LLC, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America
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Robert Balk

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rbalk@rush.edu

Affiliation Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-2649

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Real-world use of procalcitonin and other biomarkers among sepsis hospitalizations in the United States: A retrospective, observational study

Eric Gluck,
H. Bryant Nguyen,
Kishore Yalamanchili,
Margaret McCusker,
Jaya Madala,
Frank A. Corvino,
Xuelian Zhu,
Robert Balk

Published: October 17, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205924

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