PROCalcitonin-based algorithm for antibiotic use in Acute Pancreatitis (PROCAP): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Differentiating infection from inflammation in acute pancreatitis is difficult, leading to overuse of antibiotics. Procalcitonin (PCT) measurement is a means of distinguishing infection from inflammation as levels rise rapidly in response to a pro-inflammatory stimulus of bacterial origi...

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Autores principales: Siriwardena, Ajith K., Jegatheeswaran, Santhalingam, Mason, James M., Baltatzis, Minas, Chan, Anthony, Sheen, Aali J., O’Reilly, Derek, Jamdar, Saurabh, Deshpande, Rahul, de Liguori Carino, Nicola, Satyadas, Thomas, Qamruddin, Ahmed, Hayden, Katharine, Parker, Michael J., Butler, John, Rajai, Azita, McIntyre, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31358032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3549-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31358032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3549-3

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