Can Serum Surfactant Protein D Levels be used as an Effective Factor Instead of Clinical Severity Scores of Pneumonia in Pediatric Emergency Departments?

Acikgoz, Mehmet; Guzel, Ahmet; Sisman, Bulent; Karadag, Adil; Murat, Naci; Paksu, Sukru

doi:10.5152/eajem.2016.24119

Can Serum Surfactant Protein D Levels be used as an Effective Factor Instead of Clinical Severity Scores of Pneumonia in Pediatric Emergency Departments?

Acikgoz M., Guzel A., Sisman B., Karadag A., Murat N., Paksu S.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.15, sa.1, ss.1-6, 2016 (ESCI, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.5152/eajem.2016.24119
Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-6
Anahtar Kelimeler: Community acquired pneumonia, surfactant protein D, pneumonia clinical severity index, pediatric emergency, VIRAL PNEUMONIA, LUNG INJURY, BACTERIAL, DIFFERENTIATION, ETIOLOGY, KL-6
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: To investigate whether serum surfactant protein D (SP-D) level is an applicable indicator in differentiating bacterial and viral pneumonia and determining clinical severity in cases with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).