DJ Pepper, J Sun, C Rhee, J Welsh, JH Powers III… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic discontinuation appears to decrease antibiotic use in critically ill patients, but its impact on survival remains less certain. Methods …
P Schuetz, A Beishuizen, M Broyles… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Background Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic stewardship (ABS) has been shown to reduce antibiotics (ABxs), with lower side-effects and an improvement in clinical outcomes …
S Kamath, H Hammad Altaq, T Abdo - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sepsis is a clinical syndrome encompassing physiologic and biological abnormalities caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Sepsis progression into septic shock is …
Background Appropriate antibiotic (AB) therapy remains a challenge in the intensive care unit (ICU). Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided AB stewardship could help optimize AB treatment and …
S Wolfisberg, C Gregoriano… - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Procalcitonin (PCT) is useful for differentiating between viral and bacterial infections and for reducing the unnecessary use of antibiotics. As the rise of antimicrobial resistance reaches …
This review aims to summarize current progress in the management of critically ill, using biomarkers as guidance for antimicrobial treatment with a focus on antimicrobial …
AM Azzini, RM Dorizzi, P Sette, M Vecchi… - Annals of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biomarkers to guide antibiotic treatment decisions have been proposed as an effective way to enhancing a more appropriate use of antibiotics. As a biomarker, procalcitonin (PCT) has …
P Schuetz, R Bolliger, M Merker… - Expert review of anti …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Although evidence indicates that use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic decisions for the treatment of acute respiratory infections (ARI) decreases antibiotic …
Q Zhang, A Huang, L Shao, P Wu, AA Heidari… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurately identifying viruses from bacteria determine the therapy and outcome of patients suffering from pneumonia. This study focuses on exploring the capability of machine …