Prognostic Nutritional Index Enhances the Discriminatory Ability of Procalcitonin for Predicting Pediatric Sepsis

• Main Authors: Deng Hongya MBBS (Author), Deng Linfan MBBS (Author), He Chunyuan MBBS (Author), Jiang Jun MD (Author), Liu Bin MD (Author), Zhao Jian MMed (Author), Li Gang MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Improving diagnostic ability of pediatric sepsis is of great significance for reducing the mortality of sepsis. This study explored the discriminatory capacity of nutritional index (PNI) in pediatric sepsis. Methods. We retrospectively enrolled 134 children with suspected sepsis and colle...