For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course of these medications in the ADAPT-Sepsis randomized trial. Daily assessment of ...

A groundbreaking UK study in The Lancet has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) could safely ...

A total of 80 children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit due to sepsis with or without meningitis ... was used for the specific measurement of PCT in serum (detection limit, 0.10 ...

The results of the present study show that after implementation of a PCT-guided algorithm in 2005 length of antibiotic therapy in surgical patients with severe sepsis or septic shock was reduced ...

From random assignment to 28 days, the mean duration of antibiotic use was 9.8 days for the PCT group compared with 10.7 days for the standard care arm. (HealthDay News) — Sepsis care guided by ...

New research finds that PCT (procalcitonin) blood test does not lower antibiotic treatment duration for hospitalised children ...

The procalcitonin (PCT) assay market industry in the United States is predicted to reach USD 202.0 million by 2033, ...

Recognizing sepsis and starting antibiotics early are ... It tests for levels of a circulating protein called procalcitonin (PCT), which is produced as part of the body’s immune system responses ...

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A groundbreaking UK study has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) could safely shorten the ...

A new U.K. study led by the University of Liverpool has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) ...