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SIGNIFICANCE OF PROCALCITONIN AND CYTOKINES IN PREDICTION OF A COMPLICATED COURSE OF COMMINITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA

Abstract

The contents of biomarkers of activity of inflammatory process (IL-6, IL-2, TNF-б, C-reactive protein and procalcitonin) with the further estimation of their diagnostic significance have been studied in patients with community-acquired pneumonia of different severity, complicated course, and lethal outcome. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the mentioned markers of inflammation have been assessed. The complex of predictors for prognostication of community-acquired pneumonia complicated clinical course and lethal outcome with has been suggested. The ways to prognosticate a complicated course of community-acquired pneumonia at the early hospitalization of the patient have been developed.

About the Authors

Ekaterina Yu. Kochegarova
FAR EASTERN SCIENCE CENTRE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF RESPIRATION
Russian Federation


Виктор Колосов
Дальневосточный научный центр физиологии и патологии дыхания Сибирского отделения РАМН, Благовещенск
Russian Federation


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Kochegarova E.Yu.,   SIGNIFICANCE OF PROCALCITONIN AND CYTOKINES IN PREDICTION OF A COMPLICATED COURSE OF COMMINITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA. Bulletin Physiology and Pathology of Respiration. 2011;(40):48-51. (In Russ.)

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