A Novel Antimicrobial Stewardship Program-Guided Procalcitonin Initiative for Emergency Department Diagnosis of Bacterial Pneumonia in New York City

BACKGROUND: An accurate diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in the Emergency Department (ED) is challenging, resulting in inappropriate antibiotic use, adversely impacting patient care and safety. Procalcitonin (PCT), a serum biomarker, has good positive predictive value for bacterial lower respiratory...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez, George D, Yashayev, Roman, Yushuvayev, Bella, Kula, Anna, Warren, Nathan, Dhillon, Geeti, Tsapepas, Demetra, Keane, Caroline, Rodgers, William H, Siegal, Jonathan, Sharma, Manish, Segal-Maurer, Sorana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631957/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.068

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631957/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.068

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