Study protocol

The Procalcitonin And Survival Study (PASS) – A Randomised multi-center investigator-initiated trial to investigate whether daily measurements biomarker Procalcitonin and pro-active diagnostic and therapeutic responses to abnormal Procalcitonin levels, can improve survival in intensive care unit patients. Calculated sample size (target population): 1000 patients
Jensen JU, Lundgren B, Hein L, Mohr T, Petersen PL, Andersen LH, Lauritsen AØ, Hougaard S, Mantoni T, Bømler B, Thornberg KJ, Thormar K, Løken J, Steensen M, Carl P, Petersen JA, Tousi H, Søe-Jensen P, Bestle M, Hestad S, Andersen MH, Fjeldborg P, Larsen KM, Rossau C, Thomsen CB, Østergaard C, Kjær J, Grarup J, Lundgren JDBMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8:91

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Edited by Yinduo Ji
Author(s): Sakoulas , G .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 46 ; PART 10
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases From Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - /Embargo: 1 year)

From Proquest NHS (12/2004 - 07/2006)
Page: 1634-1634
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Sepsis articles

Effect of Clarithromycin in Patients with Sepsis and Ventilator - Associated Pneumonia
Author(s): Giamarellos - Bourboulis , E . J . ; Pechere , J . - C . ; Routsi , C . ; Plachouras , D . ; Kollias , S . ; Raftogiannis , M . ; Zervakis , D . ; Baziaka , F . ; Koronaios , A . ; Antonopoulou , A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 46 ; PART 8
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases From Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - /Embargo: 1 year)

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Page: 1157-1164
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Gene - expression profiling of Gram - positive and Gram - negative sepsis in critically ill patients
Author(s): Tang , B . M . P . ; McLean , A . S . ; Dawes , I . W . ; Huang , S . J . ; Cowley , M . J . ; Lin , R . C . Y .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00003246-000000000-00000 (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1125-1128
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The costs and cost - effectiveness of an integrated sepsis treatment protocol
Author(s): Talmor , D . ; Greenberg , D . ; Howell , M . D . ; Lisbon , A . ; Novack , V . ; Shapiro , N .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00003246-000000000-00000 (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1168-1174
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Assessment of vascular permeability in an ovine model of acute lung injury and pneumonia - induced Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis
Author(s): Lange , M . ; Hamahata , A . ; Enkhbaatar , P . ; Esechie , A . ; Connelly , R . ; Nakano , Y . ; Jonkam , C . ; Cox , R . A . ; Traber , L . D . ; Herndon , D . N .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00003246-000000000-00000 (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1284-1289
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B ench T o B edside : Resuscitating the Microcirculation in Sepsis : The Central Role of Nitric Oxide , Emerging Concepts for Novel Therapies , and Challenges for Clinical Trials
Author(s): Trzeciak , Stephen ; Cinel , Ismail ; Phillip Dellinger , R . ; Shapiro , Nathan I . ; Arnold , Ryan C . ; Parrillo , Joseph E . ; Hollenberg , Steven M .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 15 ; PART 5 (2008/05/01)
Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine From Proquest NHS (07/2001 - 04/2006)
Page: 399-413
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Case in Focus : Failures in diagnosis leading to increasing sepsis and loss of life
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 14 ; PART 2
Journal Title: Clinical Risk From EBSCO ( CINAHL with Full Text ) - via Athens (01/2006 - /Embargo: 12 months)

From Proquest NHS (11/2003 - 05/2006)
Page: 77
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Intensive care unit - acquired urinary tract infections in patients admitted with sepsis : etiology , risk factors , and patterns of antimicrobial resistance
Author(s): Mojtahedzadeh M . ; Panahi Y . ; Fazeli M . R . ; Najafi A . ; Pazouki M . ; Navehsi B . M . ; Bazzaz A . ; Naghizadeh M . M . ; Beiraghdar F .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 12 ; PART 3 (05-2008)
Journal Title: International Journal of Infectious Diseases From Proquest NHS (01/1998 - 01/2001)
Page: 312-318
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