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1995. Serial Procalcitonin Measurement in a Community Intensive Care Unit: Is There Value in the Setting of an Established Antibiotic Stewardship Program?

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) monitoring has been shown to result in reduced antibiotic use without an impact on patient outcomes. However, the real-world value of this biomarker has yet to be determined, particularly when efforts to optimize antibiotic use are already in place. We evaluated the f...

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Autores principales: Seah, Jenny, Beriault, Daniel, Langford, Bradley, Schwartz, Kevin L, Cirone, Robert, Pasic, Maria, Chan, April, Downing, Mark
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/PMC6808983/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1675