Some components of a strong sepsis program include a multidisciplinary leadership team, an antimicrobial plan and education of providers. Adding the procalcitonin, or PCT, test to a sepsis program may ...

ICU For patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), procalcitonin (PCT) testing on the first day of admission is associated with significantly lower length stay in the hospital and ICU, ...

Each year, over $20 billion dollars is spent on sepsis care, making it the most expensive condition managed in U.S. hospitals. Sepsis does not only carry a heavy economic cost, but a human one as well ...

HealthDay News — Hospital adoption of procalcitonin (PCT) testing has had little impact on antibiotic prescribing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, according to a study ...

Procalcitonin test demand from the emergency department is growing, necessitating the implementation of strategies to address overuse. Successful interventions must be based on information technology.

Procalcitonin, or PCT, screening on the first day of a patient intensive care unit's admission appears to be a promising diagnostic tool for identifying sepsis, according to a new study in CHEST.

The sixth most common principal diagnosis, sepsis, also takes the title as the most expensive inpatient diagnosis, racking up about $20 billion in hospitals’ aggregated annual costs. Sepsis isn’t ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the expanded use of the Vidas Brahms procalcitonin (PCT) test to help clinicians determine whether antibiotic treatment should be initiated or ...

Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship in patients with lower respiratory tract infections and sepsis. In this ...

New retrospective study in CHEST found procalcitonin testing at admission reduced the length of stay and total cost of care Each year, over $20 billion dollars is spent on sepsis care, making it the ...

A dangerous and often deadly condition, sepsis affects more than a million Americans every year and the cases continue to increase. A new study examines whether procalcitonin (PCT) testing helps to ...