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Efficacy and safety of the point-of-care procalcitonin test for determining the antibiotic treatment duration in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to assess the efficacy of point-of-care (POC) procalcitonin (PCT) serial measurement in determining the antibiotic treatment duration in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). METHODS: One hundred patients were randomly recruited and then further ra...
Autores principales: | Mazlan, Mohd Z., Ismail, Mohd A.H., Ali, Saedah, Salmuna, Zeti N., Shukeri, Wan F. Wan Muhd, Omar, Mahamarowi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10158486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34006044 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ait.2021.104300 |
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