Table 1 Clinical diagnoses of the patients
From: Usefulness of procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit
Diagnosis | Number of patients |
|---|---|
Medical | 13 |
Respiratory insufficiency | 6 |
Neurological disease | 5 |
HELLP syndrome | 1 |
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage | 1 |
Surgical | 20 |
Gastrointestinal surgery | 12 |
Polytrauma | 2 |
Orthopaedic surgery | 4 |
Thoracic surgery | 1 |
Urological surgery | 1 |