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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...
Autores principales: | Hohn, Andreas, Schroeder, Stefan, Gehrt, Anna, Bernhardt, Kathrin, Bein, Berthold, Wegscheider, Karl, Hochreiter, Marcel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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