Sara Farouk Kassem <br/><br/>
The evaluation of c-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and CD64 as an adjunctive tool for diagnosing ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) /  
 تقييم بروتين سى التفاعلى و البروكالسيتونين و السى دى       64كأداة مساعدة فى تشخيص الالتهاب الرئوى المرتبط بجهاز التنفس الصناعى 
Sara Farouk Kassem ; Supervised Mohamed Hafez Alsaied Hafez , Ahmed Mohamed Mukhtar , Hossam Mohamed Abdalrahim Alazizi 
 - Cairo :   Sara Farouk Kassem ,   2014 
 - 87 P. ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesia 
<br/><br/> The study demonstrated the diagnostic utilities of the biomarkers procalcitonin, CRP, and CD64  for early diagnosis of VAP. CRP was found to be a sensitive biomarker more than CD64 and procalcitonin in early diagnosis of VAP allthrough the study period. The clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) was introduced to improve the specicity of clinical diagnosis and combines clinical, radiologic, physiologic, and microbiologic (culture of tracheal aspirate) data into a single numeric value. However, recent studies suggest that the CPIS has a lower specicity for the diagnosis of VAP 
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