Procalcitonin-Guided Use of Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

Differentiating acute bacterial infection from other causes of lower respiratory tract illness is challenging. In this trial, procalcitonin was investigated as a point-of-care test to aid in determining whether antibiotics were needed in the treatment of these illnesses.

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Vydáno v:	The New England journal of medicine Ročník 379; číslo 3; s. 236 - 249
Hlavní autoři:	Huang, David T, Yealy, Donald M, Filbin, Michael R, Brown, Aaron M, Chang, Chung-Chou H, Doi, Yohei, Donnino, Michael W, Fine, Jonathan, Fine, Michael J, Fischer, Michelle A, Holst, John M, Hou, Peter C, Kellum, John A, Khan, Feras, Kurz, Michael C, Lotfipour, Shahram, LoVecchio, Frank, Peck-Palmer, Octavia M, Pike, Francis, Prunty, Heather, Sherwin, Robert L, Southerland, Lauren, Terndrup, Thomas, Weissfeld, Lisa A, Yabes, Jonathan, Angus, Derek C
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 19.07.2018
Témata:	Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Bacterial Infections - blood Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Biomarkers - blood Calcitonin - blood Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Emergency medical care Emergency Service, Hospital Emergency services FDA approval Female Guideline Adherence Hospitalists Hospitals Humans Illnesses Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data Infections Male Medicine Middle Aged Patients Pneumonia Pneumonia - drug therapy Practice Guidelines as Topic Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Procalcitonin Respiratory tract diseases Respiratory tract infection Respiratory Tract Infections - blood Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy Viral infections United States > US Detroit Michigan Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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