Impact of a Procalcitonin Guided Antibiotic Management Strategy in Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients With Fever
There was not a significant difference in overall antibiotic durations between cohorts. However, in the PCT cohort there was a significant reduction of antibiotic durations seen in patients diagnosed with ACS or VOC and ACS, averaging 3.7 fewer days of antibiotics.
Authors
- Andrew B. Gainey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-3397)
- Deborah Hurley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-0227)
- Anna‐Kathryn Burch
- Alberto Brown
- Robert Daniels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5988-2920)
- Hannah R. Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-8015)
- C. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1072-4056)
- Shannon DeRienzo
Institutions
- Midlands Technical College (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- WakeMed (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5863/jppt-24-00085
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00