TY - GEN AU - Jensen,Jens-Ulrik AU - Lundgren,Bettina AU - Hein,Lars AU - Mohr,Thomas AU - Petersen,Pernille L AU - Andersen,Lasse H AU - Lauritsen,Anne O AU - Hougaard,Sine AU - Mantoni,Teit AU - Bømler,Bonnie AU - Thornberg,Klaus J AU - Thormar,Katrin AU - Løken,Jesper AU - Steensen,Morten AU - Carl,Peder AU - Petersen,J Asger AU - Tousi,Hamid AU - Søe-Jensen,Peter AU - Bestle,Morten AU - Hestad,Søren AU - Andersen,Mads H AU - Fjeldborg,Paul AU - Larsen,Kim M AU - Rossau,Charlotte AU - Thomsen,Carsten B AU - Ostergaard,Christian AU - Kjaer,Jesper AU - Grarup,Jesper AU - Lundgren,Jens D TI - The Procalcitonin And Survival Study (PASS) - a randomised multi-center investigator-initiated trial to investigate whether daily measurements biomarker Procalcitonin and pro-active diagnostic and therapeutic responses to abnormal Procalcitonin levels, can improve survival in intensive care unit patients. Calculated sample size (target population): 1000 patients SN - 1471-2334 PY - 2008///1118 KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Biomarkers KW - blood KW - Calcitonin KW - Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide KW - Critical Illness KW - mortality KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Intensive Care Units KW - Male KW - Protein Precursors KW - Sepsis KW - diagnosis N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-91 ER -