Hospital Procalcitonin Testing and Antibiotic Treatment of Patients Admitted for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation

Rationale: Randomized trials suggest that assessment of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels can be used to safely limit antibiotic use among patients hospitalized for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: To determine the impact of PCT testing on antibiotic treatmen...

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Izdano u:Ann Am Thorac Soc
Glavni autori: Lindenauer, Peter K., Shieh, Meng-Shiou, Stefan, Mihaela S., Fisher, Kimberly A., Haessler, Sarah D., Pekow, Penelope S., Rothberg, Michael B., Krishnan, Jerry A., Walkey, Allan J.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: American Thoracic Society 2017
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711260/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28795838
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201702-133OC
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