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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Auteurs principaux:	Neil Powell, Philip Howard, Martin J. Llewelyn, Tamas Szakmany, Mahableswhar Albur, Stuart E Bond, Joanne Euden, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Paul Dark, Thomas P Hellyer, Susan Hopkins, Iain J McCullagh, Margaret Ogden, Philip Pallmann, Helena Parsons, David G Partridge, Dominick E. Shaw, Bethany Shinkins, Stacy Todd, Emma Thomas-Jones, Robert West, Enitan D Carrol, Jonathan A. T. Sandoe
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Collection:	Antibiotics
Sujets:	antibiotic stewardship COVID-19 procalcitonin
Accès en ligne:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/5/516
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