%0 Journal Article
%T Role of C-reactive Protein and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Differentiating between Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome without Infectious Etiology
%A Abbas Alipour
%A Ali Sharifpour
%A Ebrahim Salehifar
%A Farzad Bozorgi
%A Gohar Eslami
%A Keith R. Walley
%A Masoud Aliyali
%A Mohammad Reza Mahdavi
%A Shahram Ala
%A Shima Tavakolian Arjmand
%A Siavash Abedi
%J Archive of "Tanaffos".
%D 2016
%X Differential diagnosis of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) with or without infectious cause is critically important in terms of initiating antimicrobial agents in case of infectious etiology such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic and prognostic roles of C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-¦Á) in differentiating between ventilator-associated pneumonia and SIRS without infectious etiology
%K Biomarker
%K Infection
%K Inflammation
%K Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
%K Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410116/