Clinical pulmonary infection score and a spot serum procalcitonin level to guide discontinuation of antibiotics in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a study in a single institution with high prevalence of nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli infection

BACKGROUND: We wanted to determine the impact of combined Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS) and a spot serum procalcitonin (PCT)-guided protocol to shorten the duration of antibiotic treatment in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), mainly caused by nonfermentative gram-negat...

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Autores principales: Wongsurakiat, Phunsup, Tulatamakit, Sirapat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29506460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753466618760134

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29506460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753466618760134

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