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Sequential C-reactive protein measurements in patients with serious infections: does it help?

Author: Suzana M Lobo

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 3/2012

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C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of inflammation traditionally used as a complementary tool to support the clinical diagnosis and as a marker of severity of disease. CRP is an acute-phase protein synthesized by the liver after stimulus by cytokines and its serum levels increase markedly within hours after the onset of infection, inflammation or tissue injury. Dynamic serial measurement of CRP has been widely used to help therapeutic decision-making. Decreasing plasma concentrations of this biomarker have been used as an indicator for resolution of infection or sepsis.

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Title: Sequential C-reactive protein measurements in patients with serious infections: does it help?
Author: Suzana M Lobo
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 3/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/CC11347

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