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SUBMITTER: Kyriazopoulou E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7874409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kyriazopoulou Evdoxia E Liaskou-Antoniou Lydia L Adamis George G Panagaki Antonia A Melachroinopoulos Nikolaos N Drakou Elina E Marousis Konstantinos K Chrysos Georgios G Spyrou Andronikos A Alexiou Nikolaos N Symbardi Styliani S Alexiou Zoi Z Lagou Styliani S Kolonia Virginia V Gkavogianni Theologia T Kyprianou Miltiades M Anagnostopoulos Ioannis I Poulakou Garyfallia G Lada Malvina M Makina Anna A Roulia Efrosyni E Koupetori Marina M Apostolopoulos Vasileios V Petrou Dimitra D Nitsotolis Thomas T Antoniadou Anastasia A Giamarellos-Bourboulis Evangelos J EJ
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20210101 2
<b>Rationale:</b> Although early antimicrobial discontinuation guided by procalcitonin (PCT) has shown decreased antibiotic consumption in lower respiratory tract infections, the outcomes in long-term sepsis sequelae remain unclear.<b>Objectives:</b> To investigate if PCT guidance may reduce the incidence of long-term infection-associated adverse events in sepsis.<b>Methods:</b> In this multicenter trial, 266 patients with sepsis (by Sepsis-3 definitions) with lower respiratory tract infections, ...[more]