I have used it in the ER setting during nasty flu season to help Id if patients maybe at risk for needing an abx. I have also used it post op In a 3 series to determine if the post op patient might develop an infection
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2018, at 2:07 PM, Culver, Danette <danette.cul...@nortonhealthcare.org<mailto:danette.cul...@nortonhealthcare.org>> wrote: Hello, I’ve seen some literature supporting the use of procalcitonin to determine acuity of patients who may or may not be septic. Is anyone using this lab test for more than antibiotic de-escalation? What is the rationale if so? Thanks! Danette Danette Culver, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, RN-BC Sepsis Coordinator, Facility Stroke Program Coordinator Clinical Nurse Specialist, Intensive Care Unit & Transitional Care Unit Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, St. Matthews O: 502.899.6776 C: 812.881.0080 A Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a Master's prepared Advance Practice Nurse whose function is to improve outcomes in patient care. The CNS is a clinical practice expert, an educator, a researcher, and a consultant who influences the three spheres of practice: patient care, nursing, and systems. - National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists ________________________________ This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any patient health information must be delivered immediately to intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the e-mail address or telephone number above and discard this e-mail. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org<mailto:Sepsisgroups@lists.sepsisgroups.org> http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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