Serial Procalcitonin as a Predictor of Bacteremia and Need for Intensive Care Unit Care in Adults With Pneumonia, Including Those With Highest Severity: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a prohormone that rises in bacterial pneumonia and has promise in reducing antibiotic use. Despite these attributes, there are inconclusive data on its use for clinical prognostication. We hypothesize that serial PCT measurements can predict mortality, intensive ca...

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Publicado no:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: McCluskey, Suzanne M., Schuetz, Philipp, Abers, Michael S., Bearnot, Benjamin, Morales, Maria E., Hoffman, Debora, Patel, Shreya, Rosario, Lauren, Chiappa, Victor, Parry, Blair A., Callahan, Ryan T., Bond, Sheila A., Lewandrowski, Kent, Binder, William, Filbin, Michael R., Vyas, Jatin M., Mansour, Michael K.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414101/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480236
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw238
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