title: Impact of the use of procalcitonin assay in hospitalized adult patients with pneumonia at a community acute care hospital.
abstract: A retrospective, quasi-experimental cohort study compared antibiotic use before and after implementation of a procalcitonin assay at a community acute care hospital. This study demonstrated that the implementation of the procalcitonin assay was associated with a decrease in antibiotic days of therapy in adult patients with pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, California 92658-6100, USA. janet.kook@hoag.org
authors.forename: Janet L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kook
authors.forename: Stephanie R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017723:Drug Utilization Review / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide