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…ts who are initially suspected of having sepsis.15 The Neonatal Procalcitonin Intervention Study (NeoPInS) evaluated the efficacy of procalci…

…ding recommendation to discontinue antibiotics was given if the procalcitonin concentration was 0.5 µg/L or lower. In the usual care group, t…

… COVID-19 Hospitalised patients) study, which evaluated whether procalcitonin (PCT) testing should be used to guide antibiotic prescribing an…

…r-associated pneumonia (VAP) could be improved by incorporating procalcitonin (PCT), lactate and a standardised lung ultrasound score (LUS).D…

…nterpreted together with clinical assessment and routine tests, presepsin may assist early risk stratification and support, rather than r…

…intensive care units (ICUs). Guidelines recommend against using procalcitonin (PCT) to guide the initiation of AB therapy, although with low …

…new European cohorts. The rule maintained good performance with CRP instead of PCT, supporting the potential use of CRP in settings…

…ratory rate ≥25/min); hypoxaemia (SpO 2 <94%) or treatment with oxygen) were systematically screened against internationally accepted …

…Paediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) use Procalcitonin (PCT), limiting their application in settings without PCT acces…

…s (RSV), often leading to high unnecessary antibiotic exposure. Procalcitonin (PCT) may help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions in…

…, while the most preferred in combination treatment (22.7%) was meropenem. Within the first 3 days of admittance to the ICU, 3% of patien…

…S) involvement (OR=11.268, 95% CI 1.353 to 93.851, p=0.025) and procalcitonin (PCT) >0.9 ng/mL (OR=11.224, 95% CI 2.019 to 62.381, p=0.006) w…