| Title |
Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided algorithm reduces length of antibiotic treatment in surgical intensive care patients with severe sepsis: results of a prospective randomized study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, November 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00423-008-0432-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
S. Schroeder, M. Hochreiter, T. Koehler, A.-M. Schweiger, B. Bein, F. S. Keck, T. von Spiegel |
| Abstract |
Adequate indication and duration of administration are central issues of modern antibiotic treatment in intensive care medicine. The biochemical variable procalcitonin (PCT) is known to indicate systemically relevant bacterial infections with high accuracy. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the clinical usefulness of PCT for guiding antibiotic treatment in surgical intensive care patients with severe sepsis. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 136 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 16% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 30 | 22% |
| Unknown | 29 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 71 | 51% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Engineering | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 32 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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#155
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