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Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in critically ill adults: a meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: As a novel biomarker of inflammation, procalcitonin (PCT) has proven useful to guide antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit (ICU). However, there are controversial on mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of PCT-guided antibiotic therapy in critically ill adults...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Tao, Wang, Yan, Yang, Qianting, Dong, Yalin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2622-3