Procalcitonin for safe reduction of unnecessary blood cultures in the emergency department: Development and validation of a prediction model
Procalcitonin-based bacteremia prediction models can safely reduce unnecessary BCs at the ED. Further validation is needed across a broader range of healthcare settings.
Authors
- Soufian Meziyerh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-8381)
- N.E. Kolfschoten
- Prashant Mahajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-3560)
- Anna G Kaal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6009-3515)
- Cees van Nieuwkoop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-0844)
- Martijn Dane
- Nathalie van Burgel
- Agustín Julián-Jiménez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3105-7750)
- Ewout W. Steyerberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-0122)
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Servicio de Salud de Castilla La Mancha (ES)
- Haga Hospital (NL)
- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo (ES)
- University of Castilla-La Mancha (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106251
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.76