Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics

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For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course of these medications in the ADAPT-Sepsis randomized trial. Daily assessment of procalcitonin (PCT), rather than standard care alone, led to patients spending significantly less time on antibiotics cumulatively in the first 28 days (9.8 days vs 10.7 days, P=0.01) […]

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Publish date : 2024-12-09 22:13:36

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