Procalcitonin and lung ultrasonography point-of-care testing to decide on antibiotic prescription in patients with lower respiratory tract infection in primary care: protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomized trial

Procalcitonin and lung ultrasonography point-of-care testing to decide on antibiotic prescription in patients with lower respiratory tract infection in primary care: protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomized trial

Abstract Background A minority of patients presenting with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) to their general practitioner (GP) have community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and require antibiotic therapy. Identifying them is challenging, because of overlapping symptomatology and low diagnostic per...

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Main Authors: Loïc Lhopitallier, Andreas Kronenberg, Jean-Yves Meuwly, Isabella Locatelli, Julie Dubois, Joachim Marti, Yolanda Mueller, Nicolas Senn, Valérie D’Acremont, Noémie Boillat-Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Lower respiratory tract infections
Procalcitonin
Lung ultrasound
Antibiotic prescription
General practice
Point of care testing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0898-3

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