Combining Procalcitonin and Rapid Multiplex Respiratory Virus Testing for Antibiotic Stewardship in Older Adult Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Infection

OBJECTIVES: Virus infection is underevaluated in older adults with severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs). We aimed to evaluate the clinical impact of combining point-of-care molecular viral test and serum procalcitonin (PCT) level for antibiotic stewardship in the emergency department (ED). DE...

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Autores principales: Lee, Chien-Chang, Chang, Julia Chia-Yu, Mao, Xiao-Wei, Hsu, Wan-Ting, Chen, Shey-Ying, Chen, Yee-Chun, How, Chorng-Kuang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7106143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.09.020

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7106143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.09.020

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