Commentaries on 'procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections' with a response from the review authors
- PMID: 23877945
- DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1928
Commentaries on 'procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections' with a response from the review authors
Abstract
These are commentaries on a Cochrane review, published in this issue of EBCH, first published as: Schuetz P, Müller B, Christ-Crain M, Stolz D, Tamm M, Bouadma L, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Chastre J, Tubach F, Kristoffersen KB, Burkhardt O, Welte T, Schroeder S, Nobre V, Wei L, Bhatnagar N, Bucher HC, Briel M. Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD007498. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007498.pub2.
Keywords: ARI; acute respiratory illness; antibiotic stewardship; children; individual patient data metaanalysis; procalcitonin.
Copyright © 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Comment in
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Response by authors.Evid Based Child Health. 2013 Jul;8(4):1374-5. Evid Based Child Health. 2013. PMID: 24040680 No abstract available.
Comment on
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Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections.Evid Based Child Health. 2013 Jul;8(4):1297-371. doi: 10.1002/ebch.1927. Evid Based Child Health. 2013. PMID: 23877944
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