Values of PCT and STREM-1 combined with clinical pulmonary infection score for the prognostic evaluation of elderly patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Wang Jianjun; Zhu Xiaoyan; Wang Xiaoling; Li Xi

doi:10.2478/rrlm-2022-0006

Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Jan 2022)

Values of PCT and STREM-1 combined with clinical pulmonary infection score for the prognostic evaluation of elderly patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Wang Jianjun,
Zhu Xiaoyan,
Wang Xiaoling,
Li Xi

Affiliations

Wang Jianjun: Cadre Ward Two, 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Team, China
Zhu Xiaoyan: Tuberculosis, Meifeng Branch of 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Team, China
Wang Xiaoling: Cadre Ward Two, 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Team, China
Li Xi: Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2022-0006
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 30, no. 1
pp. 71 – 79

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Objective: To explore the values of PCT and STREM-1 combined with clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) for evaluating ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in elderly patients.

Published in Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine

ISSN: 2284-5623 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/RRLM

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