Adherence to a procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment protocol in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

BACKGROUND: In randomised controlled trials, procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic treatment has been proven to significantly reduce length of antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However, concern was raised on low protocol adherence and high rates of overruling, and thus the va...

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Autores principales: Hohn, Andreas, Balfer, Nina, Heising, Bernhard, Hertel, Sabine, Wiemer, Jan C., Hochreiter, Marcel, Schröder, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29869120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-018-0415-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29869120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-018-0415-5

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