Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28693771›Full record

ArticleChest2017

Is a Single Initial Procalcitonin Test Sufficient in Septic, Critically Ill Patients to Minimize Antibiotic Use?

Jos A H van Oers, Evelien de Jong, Albertus B Beishuizen, Maarten W Nijsten, Armand R Girbes, Dylan W de Lange

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Article in Chest, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jos A H van OersDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Electronic address: jah.vanoers@etz.nl.
Evelien de JongDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, VU University, Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Albertus B BeishuizenDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
Maarten W NijstenDepartment of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Armand R GirbesDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, VU University, Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Dylan W de LangeDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Critical IllnessProcalcitoninAnti-Bacterial AgentsCalcitoninHumansProtein PrecursorsUnited StatesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCalcitoninProcalcitoninProtein Precursors

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PMID28693771

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