2020 Point-of-Care Testing Sepsis 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
Pneumonia A 2020 meta-analysis of 8 studies including 2,215 adults with confirmed community acquired pneumonia in different settings found PCT with a cutoff of 0.5 Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear. 2020 Nov 20;99(47):e23315. J Med Virol.
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. 2020 May;10(5):e035343. 2020 Nov 18;m4238.
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