PROCALCITONIN AS ANTIMICROBIAL MANAGEMENT TOOL IN COVID-19 PATIENTS

• Main Authors: Maria Helena Lenardt (Author), Clovis Cechinel (Author), João Alberto Martins Rodrigues (Author), Maria Angélica Binotto (Author), Isabel de Lima Zanata (Author), Rosane Kraus (Author), Daiane Maria da Silva Marques (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to investigate the relationship between procalcitonin in the differential diagnosis of bacterial coinfection in COVID-19 patients. Method: a cross-sectional retrospective study conducted between February and March 2021 in the Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital from southern Brazil b...