Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Adverse effects of antibiotics · antibiotic use in acute respiratory infections

Procalcitonin algorithm probably leads to lower antibiotic‐related side effects compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.68 [0.57, 0.82]
6 studies · 3034 participants
Moderate