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The use and misuse of procalcitonin in the management of pneumonia: a retrospective analysis at a large tertiary care center

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Objective: Antibiotics overuse leads to bacterial resistance. The biomarker procalcitonin rises with bacterial pneumonias and remains normal in viral respiratory tract infections.
Doris C. Obimba, Aaron Shaykevich, Danielle R. Vitale, Christopher A. Rudmann, Heather Korrie, Joseph Miles, Christopher Noel, Ivayla I. Geneva   +7 more
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Serum Procalcitonin Level and Mortality Risk in Critically ill Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2015
Background/Aims: The prognostic role of serum procalcitonin level in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia was unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum procalcitonin level and mortality risk ...
Bo Li, Xin Zhao, Shumei Li
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Procalcitonin Level and Organ Dysfunction in Children with Sepsis: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022
Background: Procalcitonin is produced in response to endotoxin or mediators released in response to bacterial infections and are reported to be sensitive predictor of sepsis and multiple organ failure.
Sandip Kumar Singh, Vikash Kumar Sah, Parag Shankarrao Dekate   +2 more
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Potentially‐Preventable Deaths Following Colorectal Surgery: A National Retrospective Cohort Study of Surgical Mortality

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Many deaths after colorectal resection may be preventable, but administrative datasets provide limited insights into the clinical processes leading to mortality. We used the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) to quantify potentially preventable deaths after colorectal surgery and describe modifiable ...
Cameron I. Wells, Scott J. P. McLaughlin, Matthew J. McGuiness, Maximillian O. Joret, Wasilwa Baraza, Greg O'Grady, Ian P. Bissett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Atypical Skin Presentation of Adult‐Onset Still's Disease With Histological Description: A Case Report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an auto inflammatory disorder with a variable clinical presentation, and without a pathognomonic diagnostic test, characterized by high spiking fever, arthralgia/arthritis, a suggestive skin rash, elevated white blood cell count 10 G/L (> 80% neutrophils), elevated ferritin, with glycosylated ferritin < 20%
M. Nordmann, T. Mazza, S. Menzinger, G. Kaya, S. Bogiatzi, S. Vandenberghe‐Dürr, M. Blanchard, J. Stirnemann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Procalcitonin-Guided Management and Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Critically Ill Cancer Patients With Sepsis (Pro-Can Study): A Randomized Controlled Trial

Critical Care Explorations
OBJECTIVES:. To evaluate the effect of procalcitonin-guided management on the duration of antibiotic therapy in critically ill cancer patients with sepsis. DESIGN:. Randomized, controlled, single-blinded trial. SETTING:. A comprehensive multidisciplinary
Lama H. Nazer, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, Wedad Awad, PharmD, BCPS, Hadeel Thawabieh, PharmD, BCPS, Aseel Abusara, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, Deema Abdelrahman, PharmD, BCIDP, Awad Addassi, MD, Osama Abuatta, MD, Maher Sughayer, MD, Yahya Shehabi, PhD, FCICM   +8 more
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Procalcitonin and cellulitis:correlation of procalcitonin blood levels with measurements of severity and outcome in patients with limb cellulitis [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin levels may be raised in bacterial infections and have been used to guide antibiotic therapy. There is little data on procalcitonin and limb cellulitis.
Davies, Philippa, Ljaz, A., Brindle, Richard   +2 more
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Procalcitonin multicentric CAP identification

, 2022
this dataset was conceived to analyse the discriminatory efficacy of procalcitonin in differentiating antibiotic-requiring CAP from purely viral ...
Stefano Malinverni (8961053), Fatima-Zohra Bouazza (10527617), Silvia Lazzaroni (2716531)   +2 more
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Maternal Plasma Procalcitonin Concentrations in Pregnancy Complicated by Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes

Mediators of Inflammation, 2007
Objectives. Our objective is to compare maternal plasma procalcitonin concentrations in preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM) and premature rupture of membranes (PROM) at term with their levels in uncomplicated
Andrzej Torbé
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S1 Guideline: Therapy of generalized pustular psoriasis

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary The S1 guideline “Therapy of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP)” is a German guideline developed in accordance with the criteria of the AWMF. The full version addresses clinical presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, comorbidities, and therapy.
Rotraut Mößner, Neda Cramer, Sascha Gerdes, Ulrike Hüffmeier, Andreas Körber, Kai Krause, Christian Kromer, Katharina Antonia Langen, Sandra Philipp, Knut Schäkel, Michael P. Schön, Michael Schultheis, Lukas Sollfrank, Petra Staubach, Michael Sticherling, Johannes Wohlrab, Dagmar Wilsmann‐Theis, Cornelia Paul   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source