Medicina intensiva
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Relationship between acute kidney injury and serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration in critically ill patients with influenza infection.
Serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration could be increased in patients with renal dysfunction in the absence of bacterial infection. ⋯ Although PCT concentrations were slightly higher in patients with AKI, high PCT concentrations are not explained by AKI and could be warning sign of a potential bacterial infection.