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Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in the critical care setting: a systematic review and an economic evaluation.

Heyland DK, Johnson AP, Reynolds SC, Muscedere J. Critical Care Medicine, 2011, 39(7):1792-9

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What is the place of pro-calcitonin in clinical practice?  

 

The greatest potential utility appears to be in limiting the use of unnecessary antibiotic therapy in ICU patients.  This meta-analysis appears to support this view, though as the authors say, with...


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