Pro/Con debate: Is procalcitonin useful for guiding antibiotic decision making in critically ill patients?

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Shehabi, Yahya ^a   Seppelt, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 52449125377     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6860     Document Type: Review

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