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Point-of-care procalcitonin test to reduce antibiotic exposure in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD

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2016

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Caspar Corti, Markus Fally, Andreas Fabricius‐Bjerre, K. Mortensen, Birgitte Nybo Jensen, Helle Frost Andreassen, Celeste Porsbjerg, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Jens‐Ulrik Stæhr Jensen

International Journal of COPD

Abstract

Our study shows that the implementation of a POC PCT-guided algorithm can be used to substantially reduce antibiotic exposure in patients hospitalized with AECOPD, with no apparent harm.

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