2017 Point-of-Care Testing Sepsis 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
In contrast, an 2017 Cochrane Review update regarding using PCT to initiate or discontinue antibiotics found PCT-guided therapy had a statistically significant d ecrease in mortality for hospitalized patients by 1.4% (primary endpoint) and a statistically significant decrease in antibiotic exposure by 2.4 2017 Dec 14;9(6):7204-7218.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
However, results may take some time and, as such, rapid point-of-care tests are increasingly used. This is true in life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. However, when children do not have features of sepsis, oral antibiotics are equally effective. 2017 Sep 7 [cited 2022 Dec 28];2022(8).
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