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Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Portugal
Professor of Medicine, NOVA Medical School CEDOC, New University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
Patterns of CRP-Ratio Response to Antibiotics – An Innovative Concept After prescription of antibiotics, the evaluation of the patient clinical response as well as the assessment of resolution of the infection relies on the monitoring of the same criteria used for clinical diagnosis. Therefore, following datasuch as temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, white cell count,...
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Professor Pedro Póvoa, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Nova Medical School, New University of Lisbon in Portugal, and Coordinator of the Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital...
READ MOREThe aim of the present review is to summarise the current evidence for the use of biomarkers in facilitating therapeutic decision-making by guiding and tailoring the prescription and the duration of antibiotic therapy. The main benefits of this strategy are a potential reduction of antibiotics overuse in critically ill patients. Overuse of antibiotics and its consequences represent a big challenge...
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