Procalcitonin algorithm vs usual care
Treatment failure Clinical assessment3 · antibiotic use in acute respiratory infections
Procalcitonin algorithm showed no clear difference in treatment failure Clinical assessment3 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 onlyOR 0.9 [0.8, 1.01]26 studies · 6708 participantsModerate