Procalcitonin-guided algorithm to reduce length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT)-protocols to guide antibiotic treatment in severe infections are known to be effective. But less is known about the long-term effects of such protocols on antibiotic consumption under real life conditions. This retrospective study analyses the effects on antibiotic us...

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Autores principales: Hohn, Andreas, Schroeder, Stefan, Gehrt, Anna, Bernhardt, Kathrin, Bein, Berthold, Wegscheider, Karl, Hochreiter, Marcel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23547790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-158

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23547790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-158

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