Procalcitonin as a Predictive Marker for Bacteremia in Children With a Central Line and Fever

OBJECTIVES: Unnecessary use of antibiotics is an increasing problem. In this study, we sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in predicting bacteremia in children with a central line and fever, and we sought to determine optimal cutoff values to maximize sensitivity and specifi...

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Pubblicato in:Hosp Pediatr
Autori principali: Damman, Jennifer, Arias, Patricio, Kerner, John, Zhang, Ke-You, Dehghan, Melody, Krishnan, Gomathi, Nespor, Colleen, Bensen, Rachel, Park, K.T.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Academy of Pediatrics 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537123/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31097470
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2018-0123
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