Procalcitonin-guided algorithm to reduce length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.

Andreas Hohn; Stefan Schroeder; Anna Gehrt; Kathrin Bernhardt; Berthold Bein; Karl Wegscheider; Marcel Hochreiter

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-158

Procalcitonin-guided algorithm to reduce length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.

Andreas Hohn
Stefan Schroeder
Anna Gehrt
Kathrin Bernhardt
Berthold Bein
Karl Wegscheider
Marcel Hochreiter

Beteiligte Einrichtungen

Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie

Abstract

Procalcitonin (PCT)-protocols to guide antibiotic treatment in severe infections are known to be effective. But less is known about the long-term effects of such protocols on antibiotic consumption under real life conditions. This retrospective study analyses the effects on antibiotic use in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock after implementation of a PCT-protocol.

Bibliografische Daten

Originalsprache	Englisch
ISSN	1471-2334
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-158
Status	Veröffentlicht - 2013

pubmed	23547790