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Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?

C-reactive protein (at values ≥50 mg/L) is a useful and cheap biomarker for making antibiotic decisions in patients hospitalised for an acute exacerbation of COPD with no additional risk of adverse effect or treatment failure #AECOPD http://bit.ly/342p0Nj

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Autor principal: Adepoju, Victor A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6885330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31803274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0257-2019
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spelling pubmed-68853302019-12-04 Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations? Adepoju, Victor A. Breathe (Sheff) Expert Opinion C-reactive protein (at values ≥50 mg/L) is a useful and cheap biomarker for making antibiotic decisions in patients hospitalised for an acute exacerbation of COPD with no additional risk of adverse effect or treatment failure #AECOPD http://bit.ly/342p0Nj European Respiratory Society 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6885330/ /pubmed/31803274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0257-2019 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0.
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Adepoju, Victor A.
Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?
title Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?
title_full Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?
title_fullStr Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?
title_full_unstemmed Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?
title_short Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations?
title_sort can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe copd exacerbations?
topic Expert Opinion
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6885330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31803274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0257-2019
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