Effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin evaluation for reducing mortality in adults with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock.

CONCLUSIONS: Up-to-date evidence of very low to moderate quality, with insufficient sample power per outcome, does not clearly support the use of procalcitonin-guided antimicrobial therapy to minimize mortality, mechanical ventilation, clinical severity, reinfection or duration of antimicrobial therapy of patients with septic conditions. PMID: 28099689 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099689?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - January 17, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Andriolo BN, Andriolo RB, Salomão R, Atallah ÁN Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research