Procalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.

Compared with usual care, procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy does not reduce the duration of intravenous antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with bacterial infections, shows a new trial ...

Researchers have found in PRONTO randomized study that addition of procalcitonin to a sepsis diagnostic algorithm in the emergency department did not delay IV antibiotic administration, but ...

A groundbreaking UK study led by the University of Liverpool has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) could safely shorten the time children spend on intravenous (IV) ...

Emergency physicians do not commonly use the tools available for risk stratifying patients with febrile neutropenia. Most decide to admit these patients, even when they are considered to be at low ...

A study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases claims that high adherence to procalcitonin-guided antibiotic prescribing guidelines is necessary to reduce antibiotic use in patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “None of these features [of acute pancreatitis] discriminate between inflammation and infection, resulting ...

The early diagnosis of sepsis is necessary to help patients and prevent the unnecessary use of antimicrobial agents. This serious condition, resulting from harmful micro-organisms in the blood or ...

Procalcitonin, or PCT, screening on the first day of a patient intensive care unit’s admission appears to be a promising diagnostic tool for identifying sepsis, according to a new study in CHEST.

Boston, MA--A simple blood test may help detect serious bacterial infections (SBIs) like urinary tract infections and blood stream infections in young infants who come to the emergency department (ED) ...