Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources

Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources

Aim To integrate the quantitative and qualitative data collected as part of the PEACH (Procalcitonin: Evaluation of Antibiotic use in COVID-19 Hospitalised patients) study, which evaluated whether procalcitonin (PCT) testing should be used to guide antibiotic prescribing and safely reduce antibiotic...

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Main Authors: Neil Powell, Emma Thomas-Jones, Paul Dark, Tamas Szakmany, Susan Hopkins, Jonathan Sandoe, Margaret Ogden, Robert M West, Enitan Carrol, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Philip Pallmann, Bethany Shinkins, Dominick Shaw, Philip Howard, Stacy Todd, Thomas P Hellyer, David G Partridge, Mahableshwar Albur, Martin Llewelyn, Helena K Parsons, Detelina Grozeva, Joanne Euden, Iain J McCullagh, Josie Henley, Wakunyambo Maboshe, Stuart E Bond
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-08-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8/e093210.full
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