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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...
Autores principales: | Wongsurakiat, Phunsup, Tulatamakit, Sirapat |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2018
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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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