Compliance with a Procalcitonin-Based Protocol in Patients with Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia: An Observational, Retrospective Study.

Matthieu RossiLouis Delamarre Gary Duclos Ines LakbarEmmanuelle HammadCharlotte ArbelotLaurent ZieleskiewiczMarc Leone

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

This study assessed real-life compliance with the PCT protocol to monitor antibiotic treatment for VAP. Improving the measurement of PCT at the bedside would increase the rate.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
respiratory failure
cross sectional
mechanical ventilation
intensive care unit
acute respiratory distress syndrome