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Higher diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness using procalcitonin in the treatment of emergency medicine patients with fever (The HiTEMP study): a multicenter randomized study

BACKGROUND: Fever is a common symptom in the emergency department(ED). Fever can be caused by bacterial infections, which are treated with antibiotics. Often, bacterial infections cannot be ruled out in the ED using standard diagnostics, and empiric antibiotic treatment is started. Procalcitonin(PCT...

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Autores principales: van der Does, Yuri, Limper, Maarten, Schuit, Stephanie C. E., Poley, Marten J., van Rosmalen, Joost, Ramakers, Christian, Patka, Peter, van Gorp, Eric C. M., Rood, Pleunie P. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27048405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-016-0081-6