Will procalcitonin reduce antibiotic use in intensive care?

Lancet. 2010 Feb 6;375(9713):435-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60140-7. Epub 2010 Jan 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Critical Illness / therapy*
  • Drug Monitoring
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / blood
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Protein Precursors / blood*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide