Rajai A

ORCID: 0000-0002-0376-9945 · 1 paper in corpus

2019

PROCalcitonin-based algorithm for antibiotic use in Acute Pancreatitis (PROCAP): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Trials ·doi:10.1186/s13063-019-3549-3

BackgroundDifferentiating infection from inflammation in acute pancreatitis is difficult, leading to overuse of antibiotics. Procalcitonin (PCT) measurement is a means of distinguishing infection from inflammation as levels rise rapidly in …