Procalcitonin Test Fails to Cut Antibiotic Duration in Kids
Jan 15, 2025 · Compared with usual care, procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy did not reduce the duration of intravenous antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with bacterial infections, …
FDA Expands Use of Procalcitonin Test to Help Guide ABX Use
Feb 24, 2017 · The Vidas Brahms PCT assay can help determine whether antibiotic treatment should be started or stopped in cases of lower respiratory tract infections and stopped in cases …
Serum Procalcitonin in Children With Suspected Sepsis - Medscape
Conclusions: Serum procalcitonin levels show a rapid increase in children with sepsis, even in infants <12 month old, and they have a better prognostic value than C-reactive protein or …
Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy - Medscape
Apr 9, 2010 · The current investigators randomly assigned adult patients with bacterial infections who were expected to be in the ICU for at least 3 days to antibiotic therapy guided by either …
Procalcitonin to Guide Antibiotic Use in Primary Care - Medscape
Procalcitonin (PCT) levels have been used as a marker for bacterial infection. Could PCT-guided therapy tell apart bacterial from viral respiratory tract infections and help reduce antibiotic use?
Intensivists Still Skittish About Procalcitonin - Medscape
Feb 4, 2015 · PHOENIX — Although procalcitonin testing can help detect degrees of bacterial infection, including sepsis, compliance is low and algorithms have had a negligible impact on …
Procalcitonin in Early Post Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - Medscape
Objective: Procalcitonin has emerged as a promising infection marker, but previous reports from small-sized studies suggest nonspecific elevation of procalcitonin after pediatric heart surgery. …
Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Acute Respiratory Illness
Clinical diagnosis of pneumonia can be difficult and chest radiographs often indeterminate. Is serum procalcitonin a useful biomarker in suspected cases?
Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Acute Respiratory Illness - Page 2
Mar 28, 2013 · Procalcitonin Measurement Serum ProCT was measured using resolved amplified cryptate emission technology (Kryptor PCT, Brahms, Henningsdorf, Germany).
Procalcitonin Takes Aim at Sepsis With Mixed Success - Medscape
Feb 27, 2020 · Procalcitonin plays a critical role in the diagnosis of sepsis, but will biomarkers combined with procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardship be the way forward?