Impact of Procalcitonin Guidance on Management of Adults Hospitalized with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are often prescribed for hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. The use of procalcitonin (PCT) in the management of pneumonia has safely reduced antibiotic durations, but limited data on the impact of PCT guidance on the managem...

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I publikationen:J Gen Intern Med
Huvudupphovsmän: Bremmer, Derek N., DiSilvio, Briana E., Hammer, Crystal, Beg, Moeezullah, Vishwanathan, Swati, Speredelozzi, Daniel, Moffa, Matthew A., Hu, Kurt, Abdulmassih, Rasha, Makadia, Jina T., Sandhu, Rikinder, Naddour, Mouhib, Chan-Tompkins, Noreen H., Trienski, Tamara L., Watson, Courtney, Obringer, Terrence J., Kuzyck, Jim, Walsh, Thomas L.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Springer US 2018
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5910348/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29404940
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4312-2
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