1673: FEASIBILITY OF PROCALCITONIN AS A GUIDE TO TAKING CULTURES IN SUSPECTED SEPTIC EPISODE IN NEURO-ICU
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DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000648596.29552.9d
Abstract: Introduction/Hypothesis: Patients with stroke and traumatic brain injury(TBI) are at an increased risk of hospital acquired infections which ultimately leads to worse outcome. Blood or infarction in brain parenchyma often causes high grade fever mimicking… read more here.
Keywords: septic episode; guide taking; suspected septic; procalcitonin ... See more keywords