Abstract
A retrospective, quasi-experimental cohort study compared antibiotic use before and after implementation of a procalcitonin assay at a community acute care hospital. This study demonstrated that the implementation of the procalcitonin assay was associated with a decrease in antibiotic days of therapy in adult patients with pneumonia.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
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Calcitonin / blood*
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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Drug Utilization Review / methods
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Female
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Hospitals, Community / methods
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Humans
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Male
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Pneumonia, Bacterial / blood
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Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
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Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
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Pneumonia, Viral / blood
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Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
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Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
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Protein Precursors / blood*
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Retrospective Studies
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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CALCA protein, human
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Protein Precursors
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Calcitonin
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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide