Procalcitonin for Diagnostics and Treatment Decisions in Pediatric Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

• Main Authors: Philipp Baumann (Author), Gurli Baer (Author), Jessica Bonhoeffer (Author), Aline Fuchs (Author), Verena Gotta (Author), Ulrich Heininger (Author), Nicole Ritz (Author), Gabor Szinnai (Author), Jan Bonhoeffer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mortality and morbidity remain high in pediatric lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) despite progress in research and implementation of global diagnostic and treatment strategies in the last decade. Still, 120 million annual episodes of pneumonia affect children younger than 5 years each year...