Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration is used to guide antibiotic decisions in choice, timing, and duration of anti-infection therapy to avoid antibiotic overuse. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to seek evidence of different PCT-guided antimicrobial strategies...

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Autores principales: Huang, Hui-Bin, Peng, Jin-Min, Weng, Li, Wang, Chun-Yao, Jiang, Wei, Du, Bin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-017-0338-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-017-0338-6

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