Procalcitonin to Guide Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review

Use of procalcitonin (PCT) to guide discontinuation of antibiotic use in an unspecified sepsis is an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP)

(2011) Y. X. Liew et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Procalcitonin-guided algorithms of antibiotic therapy in the intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2010) Petros Kopterides et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Use of procalcitonin to reduce patients' exposure to antibiotics in intensive care units (PRORATA trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2010) Lila Bouadma et al.   LANCET

Procalcitonin in sepsis and systemic inflammation: a harmful biomarker and a therapeutic target

(2009) Kenneth L. Becker et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Procalcitonin assay in systemic inflammation, infection, and sepsis: Clinical utility and limitations

(2009) Kenneth L. Becker et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised study

(2009) D. Stolz et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Effect of Procalcitonin-Based Guidelines vs Standard Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

(2009) Philipp Schuetz et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Predictors of Severe Sepsis Not Clinically Apparent During the First Twenty-Four Hours of Hospitalization in Children With Cancer, Neutropenia, and Fever

(2009) Maria E. Santolaya et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Use vs a Standard Approach for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care

(2008) Matthias Briel et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Usefulness of procalcitonin for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

(2008) Charles-Edouard Luyt et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided algorithm reduces length of antibiotic treatment in surgical intensive care patients with severe sepsis: results of a prospective randomized study

(2008) S. Schroeder et al.   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Use of Procalcitonin to Shorten Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Septic Patients

(2007) Vandack Nobre et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE