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ReviewWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2021

The role of procalcitonin in reducing antibiotics across the surgical pathway.

Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, Michele Bartoletti, Fausto Catena, Maurizio Cardi, Francesco Cortese, Francesco Di Marzo, Federico Pea, Mario Plebani, Gian Maria Rossolini and 3 more

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Review in World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Antibiotic Stewardship in Surgical Departments.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  6. Antimicrobial Challenge in Acute Care Surgery.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Massimo SartelliDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy. massimosartelli@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3202-7542
Luca AnsaloniSurgical Unit 1, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Michele BartolettiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Fausto CatenaDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Parma Maggiore Hospital, Parma, Italy.
Maurizio CardiDepartment of Surgery, "P. Valdoni" Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Francesco CorteseDepartment of Emergency Surgery, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Roma, Italy.
Francesco Di MarzoDepartment of Surgery, Sansepolcro Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.
Federico PeaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Mario PlebaniDepartment of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gian Maria RossoliniDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Gabriele SgangaEmergency Surgery and Trauma, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Bruno ViaggiNeurointensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Pierluigi VialeDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITOspedale di MacerataOspedale San Filippo Neri · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Procalcitonin (PCT) is widely considered as a highly sensitive biomarker of bacterial infection, offering general and emergency surgeons a key tool in the management of surgical infections. A multidisciplinary task force of experts met in Bologna, Italy, on April 4, 2019, to clarify the key issues in the use of PCT across the surgical pathway. The panelists presented the statements developed for each of the main questions regarding the use of PCT across the surgical pathway. An agreement on the statements was reached by the Delphi method, and this document reports the executive summary of the final recommendations approved by the expert panel.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial StewardshipBiomarkersDelphi TechniqueDiverticulitisHumansItalyPancreatitisPeritonitisPostoperative ComplicationsProcalcitoninSkin Diseases, InfectiousSurgical Wound InfectionAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiomarkersProcalcitoninAcute pancreatitisProcalcitoninSurgical infections

Identifiers

PMID33761972
PMCPMC7988639
OpenAlexW3137730104

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