2023 Point-of-Care Testing Sepsis 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
A 2017 review in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine reiterates that no single inflammatory markers (including CRP, ESR, and PCT) can be used as a stand-alone test to confirm or exclude infection, but instead advocates for using the tests as adjunctive information for emergency physicians to shape their pre-test probability of infection [26].
Don't Forget the Bubbles
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Antibiotics 2023, 12, 1092. 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. cited 2023 Jan 3].
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