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Duration of antibiotic treatment using procalcitonin-guided treatment algorithms in older patients: a patient-level meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Older patients have a less pronounced immune response to infection, which may also influence infection biomarkers. There is currently insufficient data regarding clinical effects of procalcitonin (PCT) to guide antibiotic treatment in older patients. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: We performed an...

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Autores principales: Heilmann, Eva, Gregoriano, Claudia, Annane, Djillali, Reinhart, Konrad, Bouadma, Lila, Wolff, Michel, Chastre, Jean, Luyt, Charles-Edouard, Tubach, Florence, Branche, Angela R, Briel, Matthias, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Welte, Tobias, Corti, Caspar, de Jong, Evelien, Nijsten, Maarten, de Lange, Dylan W, van Oers, Jos A H, Beishuizen, Albertus, Girbes, Armand R J, Deliberato, Rodrigo O, Schroeder, Stefan, Kristoffersen, Kristina B, Layios, Nathalie, Damas, Pierre, Lima, Stella S S, Nobre, Vandack, Wei, Long, Oliveira, Carolina F, Shehabi, Yahya, Stolz, Daiana, Tamm, Michael, Verduri, Alessia, Wang, Jin-Xiang, Drevet, Sabine, Gavazzi, Gaetan, Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33993243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab078