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Point-of-care procalcitonin test to reduce antibiotic exposure in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to investigate whether point-of-care (POC) procalcitonin (PCT) measurement can reduce redundant antibiotic treatment in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). METHODS: One-hundred and twenty adult patients admitted with AECOPD were enroll...
Autores principales: | Corti, Caspar, Fally, Markus, Fabricius-Bjerre, Andreas, Mortensen, Katrine, Jensen, Birgitte Nybo, Andreassen, Helle F, Porsbjerg, Celeste, Knudsen, Jenny Dahl, Jensen, Jens-Ulrik |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4922826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27382274 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S104051 |
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