Pneumonia Severity in Children: Utility of Procalcitonin in Risk Stratification.

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Abstract

To determine if serum procalcitonin, an indicator of bacterial etiology in pneumonia in all ages and a predictor of severe pneumonia in adults, is associated with disease severity in children with community-acquired pneumonia.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Hosp Pediatr

Title: Hospital pediatrics

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

ISSN (Electronic): 2154-1671

ISSN (Print): 2154-1671

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2021

Volume: 11

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; sartoril@email.chop.edu.

[2 ] Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.

[3 ] Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

[4 ] Division of Infectious Diseases and Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Publisher Item ID: hpeds.2020-001842

DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-001842

PMC ID: 7898232

PubMed ID: 33579748

SO-VID: e301e412-fd29-43b9-82e5-5a026b3b06a9

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