Use of procalcitonin to shorten antibiotic treatment duration in septic patients: a randomized trial.

By V. Nobre, S. Harbarth, J. Graf, P. Rohner, J. Pugin. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2008

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Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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• Sepsis biomarkers: a review (2010, methodology): “It has been shown that using PCT levels to guide therapy reduces antibiotic use and may be associated with improved outcomes [45,46].”
• Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections - Full version (2011, unknown): “It has been shown that such rules work even in most severe cases, including pneumonia with septic shock, and even if clinicians are allowed to overrule the predefined stopping rule [420,421].”
• Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. (2016, unknown): “PAF has also been effective in the ICU [24, 25].”