Hospitals Point-of-Care Testing Sepsis 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
In a small study involving 79 hospitalized children, PCT was found to be elevated in bacterial infections, with a decrease after appropriate antibiotic therapy, and decreased in viral infections [24]. Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear. Cleland DA, Eranki AP.
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. It included a subgroup of children with pre-septal cellulitis.
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