Pediatric emergency care
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide for Identifying Pediatric Bacterial Musculoskeletal Infections: A Prospective, Multicenter Study.
Caroline G Kahane, Lise E Nigrovic, Daping Yang, Joseph A Majzoub, Mark D Kellogg, Ron L Kaplan, Andrea T Cruz, Isaac M Chiu, Todd W Lyons
Published: 202510.1097/PEC.0000000000003520
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Bacterial musculoskeletal infections (MSKIs) can be challenging to diagnose. We compared the accuracy of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a neuropeptide which is transcribed from the same gene as procalcitonin, to procalcitonin for…
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