Longitudinal changes in procalcitonin in a heterogeneous group of critically ill patients.

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Published in Crit Care Med on October 01, 2012

Authors

Steven C Reynolds1, Andrew F Shorr, John Muscedere, Xuran Jiang, Daren K Heyland

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, British Columbia. sreynolds.md@gmail.com

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