Biomarker kinetics in the prediction of VAP diagnosis: results from the BioVAP study

Pedro Póvoa,Ignacio Martin-Loeches,Paula Ramirez,Lieuwe D. Bos,Mariano Esperatti,Joana Silvestre,Gisela Gili,Gema Goma,Eugenio Berlanga,Mateu Espasa,Elsa M. Gonçalves,Antoni Torres,Antonio Artigas

Biomarker kinetics in the prediction of VAP diagnosis: results from the BioVAP study

2016

Pedro Póvoa
Ignacio Martin-Loeches
Paula Ramirez
Lieuwe D. Bos
Mariano Esperatti
Joana Silvestre
Gisela Gili
Gema Goma
Eugenio Berlanga
Mateu Espasa
Elsa M. Gonçalves
Antoni Torres
Antonio Artigas

Background Prediction of diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains difficult. Our aim was to assess the value of biomarker kinetics in VAP prediction.

Keywords:

Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Intensive care medicine
Anesthesiology
Procalcitonin
Biomarker (medicine)
Pathology
Medicine
Mechanical ventilation
Internal medicine
Emergency medicine
Gastroenterology
C-reactive protein
Bioinformatics
Odds ratio
Confidence interval

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