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Procalcitonin Algorithm in Critically Ill Adults with Undifferentiated Infection or Suspected Sepsis. A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yahya Shehabi, Martin Sterba, Peter Garrett, et al for the ProGUARD Study Investigators, and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Am J Resp Crit Care Med, 2014, 190(10):1102-1110

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More than 70% of ICU patients receive antibiotics, the separation of bacterial infection, viral infection, and inflammation is difficult, and an algorithm that helped separate these out to limit antibiotic use to patients that will benefit would be valuable.

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