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

• Main Authors: Jigar Surti (Author), Imelda Jain (Author), Komal Shah (Author), Amit Mishra (Author), Yogini Kandre (Author), Pankaj Garg (Author), Jatin Shah (Author), Ashok Shah (Author), Payal Tripathi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...