Impact of adherence to procalcitonin antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations for low procalcitonin levels on antibiotic use

Abstract Background The Procalcitonin Antibiotic Consensus Trial (ProACT) found provision of a procalcitonin antibiotic prescribing guideline to hospital-based clinicians did not reduce antibiotic use. Possible reasons include clinician reluctance to follow the guideline, with an observed 64.8% adhe...

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Hlavní autoři: Brian E. Malley, Jonathan G. Yabes, Elizabeth Gimbel, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Donald M. Yealy, Michael J. Fine, Derek C. Angus, David T. Huang, for the ProACT Investigators
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: BMC 2023-01-01
Edice:BMC Infectious Diseases
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On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07923-0