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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Veröffentlicht in:J Gen Intern Med
Hauptverfasser: 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.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Springer US 2018
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Online Zugang: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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