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Use of Procalcitonin during the First Wave of COVID-19 in the Acute NHS Hospitals: A Retrospective Observational Study

A minority of patients presenting to hospital with COVID-19 have bacterial co-infection. Procalcitonin testing may help identify patients for whom antibiotics should be prescribed or withheld. This study describes the use of procalcitonin in English and Welsh hospitals during the first wave of the C...

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Autores principales: Powell, Neil, Howard, Philip, Llewelyn, Martin J., Szakmany, Tamas, Albur, Mahableswhar, Bond, Stuart E, Euden, Joanne, Brookes-Howell, Lucy, Dark, Paul, Hellyer, Thomas P, Hopkins, Susan, McCullagh, Iain J, Ogden, Margaret, Pallmann, Philip, Parsons, Helena, Partridge, David G, Shaw, Dominick E., Shinkins, Bethany, Todd, Stacy, Thomas-Jones, Emma, West, Robert, Carrol, Enitan D, Sandoe, Jonathan A. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34062898
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10050516