Meeting
Abstract Number: 315
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) testing has been shown in randomized trials to decrease antibiotic exposure and be a reliable predictor of clinical response to antibiotics in lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and sepsis. Although studied to guide antibiotic discontinuation in LRTI and sepsis, optimal strategies for introducing PCT into “real-world” clinical use are unknown. Our study […]