Background: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital acquired infection in the intensive care unit with high mortality rate. The role of the clinical symptoms for the VAP diagnosis is limited. Procalcitonin (PCT), currently interested biomarkers, plays an important role in the diagnosis and the outcome of the ventilator-associated pneumonia patients.
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