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Procalcitonin for diagnosis of infection and guide to antibiotic decisions: past, present and future

Philipp Schuetz*, Werner Albrich and Beat Mueller

BMC Medicine 2011, 9:107 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-9-107

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suPAR as a prognostic biomarker in sepsis

Katia Donadello, Sabino Scolletta, Cecilia Covajes, Jean-Louis Vincent BMC Medicine 2012, 10:2 (5 January 2012)

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Donadello and colleagues review the clinical utility of suPAR as a biomarker for sepsis, and discuss how it can be used to monitor response to treatment in critically ill patients.

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The use of a standardized PCT-algorithm reduces costs in intensive care in septic patients - a DRG-based simulation model

MH Wilke, RF Grube, KF Bodmann European Journal of Medical Research 2011, 16:543-548 (2 December 2011)

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