Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in aspiration pneumonia and an assessment of the continuation of oral intake

Respiratory Investigation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-113

  Ogasawara, Takashi ^a   Umezawa, Hiroki ^a,b   Naito, Yusuke ^a,b   Takeuchi, Takao ^a,b   Kato, Shinpei ^a   Yano, Toshiaki ^a   Kasamatsu, Norio ^a   Hashizume, Ikko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Body mass index; Oral intake; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PROCALCITONIN; SULTAMICILLIN; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCALCITONIN GUIDED ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; ENTERIC FEEDING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896034937     PISSN: 22125345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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