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Oct 2026
Plasma calprotectin as infection biomarker in hip fracture patients: a prospective cohort study
Background and purpose We aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of plasma calprotectin in detecting infections following hip fracture surgery with 3 other biomarkers: procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and white blood cell (WBC) count. Methods This prospective cohort study included surgically treated...
Helmi-Sisko Pyrhönen, J. Tham, A. Stefánsdóttir et al.
· Acta Orthopaedica · 0 citations