Early changes of procalcitonin may advise about prognosis and appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy in sepsis

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331.e1-331.e7

  Georgopoulou, Antonia Panagiota ^a   Savva, Athina ^b   Giamarellos Bourboulis, Evangelos J ^b   Georgitsi, Marianna ^b   Raftogiannis, Maria ^b   Antonakos, Nicolaos ^b   Apostolidou, Efterpi ^c   Carrer, Dionyssia Pinelopi ^b   Dimopoulos, George ^b   Economou, Aggelos ^b   Efthymiou, George ^d   Galanakis, Nearchos ^e   Galani, Labrini ^b   Gargalianos, Panagiotis ^f   Karaiskos, Ilias ^b   Katsenos, Chrisostomos ^g   Kavatha, Dimitra ^b   Koratzanis, Evangelos ^b   Labropoulos, Panagiotis ^d   Lada, Malvina ^a   Nakos, George ^h   Paggalou, Evgenia ⁱ   Panoutsopoulos, George ^j   Paraschos, Michael ^g   Pavleas, Ioannis ⁱ   Pontikis, Konstantinos ^b   Poulakou, Garyfallia ^b   Prekates, Athanassios ^k   Sybardi, Styliani ^b   Theodorakopoulou, Maria ^b   Trakatelli, Christina ^l   Tsiaoussis, Panagiotis ^l   Gogos, Charalambos ^m   Giamarellou, Helen ^b   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^b   Meisner, Michael ⁿ   more..

^a Sismanogleion Athens Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Protemaida Hospital   (Greece)

^d Nafplion General Hospital   (Greece)

^e GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^f General Athens Hospital G Gennimatas   (Greece)

^g Intensive Care Unit   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

ⁱ LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^j Thriassio Elefsina General Hospital   (Greece)

^k TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^l ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

ⁿ Dresden Neustadt Hospital   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Guidance of antimicrobials; Procalcitonin; Prognosis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; PROCALCITONIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79956340905     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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