Objective: To assess the procalcitonin protocol use and its impact on antibiotic therapy
management of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Method: An …

Introdução: Procalcitonina (PCT) é um pró-hormônio, utilizado como marcador biológico
para infecções graves. Em muitas condições inflamatórias, sobretudo nas infecções …

Objective: There is increasing interest for strategies that could curtail antibiotic resistance in
the critical care setting. We sought to determine the effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin …

Objective: Procalcitonin may be associated with reduced antibiotic usage compared to usual
care. However, individual randomized controlled trials testing this hypothesis were too small …

Purpose We evaluated the feasibility and impact of PCT-guided antibiotic duration combined
with an established antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) in a community hospital intensive …

Background: Utilizing procalcitonin (PCT) levels to limit antimicrobial overuse would be
beneficial from a humanistic and economic perspective. Objective: To assess whether …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact before and after adoption of a procalcitonin-based
protocol to guide sepsis management has on antibiotic use, care costs, and outcomes of …

Procalcitonin is a promising biomarker for antibiotic therapy because its levels rise and fall
quickly with bacterial infections. A multi-database literature search was reviewed with 3 …

The empiric antibiotic therapy can result in antibiotic overuse, development of bacterial
resistance and increasing costs in critically ill patients. The aim of the present study was to …

Can the use of serum procalcitonin levels safely reduce antimicrobial use in intensive care
unit (ICU) patients? We performed a systematic literature review that identified 6 published …