Practice Patterns and Outcomes Associated With Procalcitonin Use in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis | Zendy

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Practice Patterns and Outcomes Associated With Procalcitonin Use in Critically Ill Patients With Sepsis

Author(s) -

David Chu,

Anuj B. Mehta,

Allan J. Walkey

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix179

Subject(s) - medicine , procalcitonin , critically ill , intensive care medicine , sepsis , critical illness , medline , political science , law

Randomized trials support use of procalcitonin (PCT)-based algorithms to decrease duration of antibiotics for critically ill patients with sepsis. However, current use of PCT and associated outcomes in real-world clinical settings is unclear. We sought to determine PCT use in critically ill patients with sepsis in the United States and to examine associations between PCT use and clinical outcomes.

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