Assessment of the impact of a new sequential approach to antimicrobial use in young febrile children in the emergency de...
Published in BMJ open
Fever is one of the most common reasons for consultation in the paediatric emergency department (ED). Because of fear of bacterial infection in parents and caregivers, clinicians often overprescribe laboratory tests and empirical antibiotic treatment. The aims of this study are to demonstrate that using a procalcitonin (PCT) rapid test-based predic...