The importance of procalcitonin in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with dyspnea in the emergency department

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Arife Erdoğan1, Ejder Saylav Bora2, Çağrı Kokkoz3, Mümin Alper Erdoğan4, Ferhan Elmalı5 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakırçay University Çiğli Research and Training Hospital, İzmir 2Department of Emergency Medicine, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, İzmir 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Soma State Hospital, Manisa 4Department of Physiology, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir 5Department of Biostatistics, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey Is procalcitonin gold standart in pneumonia? The importance of procalcitonin in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with dyspnea in the emergency department