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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

However, PCT can be elevated in severe trauma, such as burns or surgery [5,25]. A 2019 French multi-center prospective RCT involving 370 ED patients published in Annals of Emergency Medicine similarly found no difference in antibiotic exposure between PCT-guided versus usual care groups [50]. 2017 Dec 14;9(6):7204-7218.