Serum Thrombomodulin to Predict Severity in Pediatric Sepsis-Fancy or Frenzy?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. drarunbansal@gmail.com.

Editorial

Namita Ravikumar et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;88(9):851-852.

doi: 10.1007/s12098-021-03839-w. Epub 2021 Jun 24.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. drarunbansal@gmail.com.

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Value of Thrombomodulin as a Marker for Sepsis in Critically Ill Children.
Khattab AA, Dawood AAER, Saleh NY. Khattab AA, et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2021 Sep;88(9):864-871. doi: 10.1007/s12098-020-03564-w. Epub 2020 Nov 26. Indian J Pediatr. 2021. PMID: 33242147

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