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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Jun:505:190-191.
doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

Procalcitonin in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A meta-analysis

Giuseppe Lippi  1 , Mario Plebani  2
Affiliations
Meta-Analysis

Procalcitonin in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A meta-analysis

Giuseppe Lippi et al. Clin Chim Acta. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Procalcitonin; Prognosis.

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Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of procalcitonin values above the normal reference range for predicting severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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