Procalcitonin as a biomarker of bacterial infection in pediatric patients after congenital heart surgery

• Main Authors: Sujata B Chakravarti (Author), Diane A Reformina (Author), Timothy M Lee (Author), Sunil P Malhotra (Author), Ralph S Mosca (Author), Puneet Bhatla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Bacterial infection (BI) after congenital heart surgery (CHS) is associated with increased morbidity and is difficult to differentiate from systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as a reliable biomarker of BI in var...