Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Huang, Hui Bin ^a,b   Peng, Jin Min ^a   Weng, Li ^a   Wang, Chun Yao ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Du, Bin ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic strategies; Intensive care unit; Meta analysis; Procalcitonin; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85035116642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-017-0338-6     Document Type: Article

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