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Use of a semiquantitative procalcitonin kit is useful in primary care.

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Why is it important?

Based on the level of semiquantitative procalcitonin measured in patients with suspected sepsis, a timely decision can be reliably made to transfer them to a tertiary hospital with an intensive care unit for optimal care.

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This page is a summary of: Use of a semiquantitative procalcitonin kit for evaluating severity and predicting mortality in patients with sepsis, International Journal of General Medicine, May 2012, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s32758.
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