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COVID-19 and Rule out Bacterial Co-infection
Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
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Stopping Empirical Antibiotics in COVID-19 Patients
Learn how procalcitonin can be used to aid in stopping empirical antibiotics in COVID-19 patients in this case study.
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Case Study | COVID-19 positive, rule-out bacterial pneumonia
Learn how procalcitonin was used to assess for bacterial co-infection in a COVID-19+ patient in this case study.
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*NEWS or National Early Warning Score is a scoring system based on 6 common physiological measurements: respiration rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and level of alertness. The score ranges from 0 to 20 points; a level of 5-6 means a patient can be very ill and requires regular monitoring and urgent review.
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What is procalcitonin (PCT)? Procalcitonin is the most sensitive biomarker for bacterial specificity providing results to determine bacterial infection.
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