2102. Does Monitoring Procalcitonin Levels in Septic and Septic Shock Patients Decrease the Use of Antibiotics and Predict Length of Hospital Stay?

BACKGROUND: Elevated levels of procalcitonin (PCT) reflect systemic inflammation associated with bacterial infection (BI). Compared with other acute-phase reactants, PCT levels more rapidly rise with BI and decline quickly as BI improves. A PCT protocol was implemented at University Medical Center N...

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Autores principales: Bilbe, Sarah E, Azhar, Ashaur, Brakta, Fatima Z, Aymond, Katherine N, Nsuami, M Jacques, Figueroa, Julio E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808894/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1782

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