Predictive efficacy of procalcitonin, platelets, and white blood cells for sepsis in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgeries who are admitted to intensive care units: Single-center experience

• Auteurs principaux: Jigar Surti (Auteur), Imelda Jain (Auteur), Komal Shah (Auteur), Amit Mishra (Auteur), Yogini Kandre (Auteur), Pankaj Garg (Auteur), Jatin Shah (Auteur), Ashok Shah (Auteur), Payal Tripathi (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Background: Sepsis is one of the major contributor of morbidity and mortality in pediatric cardiac surgeries. Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the predictive efficacy of total leukocyte counts (TC), platelet count (PC), and procalcitonin (PCT) for sepsis in patients undergoing cardiac surge...