Clinical outcomes associated with procalcitonin algorithms to guide antibiotic therapy in respiratory tract infectionsPhilipp Schuetz
Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
JAMA 309:717-8. 2013
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Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infectionsPhilipp Schuetz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9:CD007498. 2012
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Procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment in acute respiratory infections: an individual patient data meta-analysisPhilipp Schuetz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin Infect Dis 55:651-62. 2012
..We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess safety of this approach in different ARI diagnoses and different clinical settings...
Initial management of septic patients with hyperglycemia in the noncritical care inpatient settingPhilipp Schuetz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Med 125:670-8. 2012
..The impact of hyperglycemia and glycemic control in patients with infection before developing severe sepsis or shock remains undefined...
Role of procalcitonin in managing adult patients with respiratory tract infectionsPhilipp Schuetz
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Chest 141:1063-73. 2012
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Value of arterial blood gas analysis in patients with acute dyspnea: an observational studyEmanuel Burri
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, Basel, Switzerland
Crit Care 15:R145. 2011
..The diagnostic and prognostic value of arterial blood gas analysis (ABGA) parameters in unselected patients presenting with acute dyspnea to the Emergency Department (ED) is largely unknown...
Enhancement of CURB65 score with proadrenomedullin (CURB65-A) for outcome prediction in lower respiratory tract infections: derivation of a clinical algorithmWerner C Albrich
Medical University Department of the University of Basel, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland
BMC Infect Dis 11:112. 2011
..We aimed to derive a practical algorithm combining the CURB65 score with ProADM-levels in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and non-CAP-LRTI...
Prognostic value of procalcitonin in community-acquired pneumoniaP Schuetz
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Eur Respir J 37:384-92. 2011
..However, PCT was helpful during follow-up and for prediction of adverse events and, thereby, improved the PSI and CURB65 scores...
Quality of care delivered by fee-for-service and DRG hospitals in Switzerland in patients with community-acquired pneumoniaPhilipp Schuetz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Swiss Med Wkly 141:w13228. 2011
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Repeated measurements of endothelin-1 precursor peptides predict the outcome in community-acquired pneumoniaPhilipp Schuetz
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Intensive Care Med 37:970-80. 2011
..Our aim was to investigate precursor peptides of endothelin-1 (proET1) on admission and during follow-up on days 3, 5 and 7 in a prospective cohort of 925 patients with community-acquired pneumonia...
Influence of diabetes on endothelial cell response during sepsisP Schuetz
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, CC2 W, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Diabetologia 54:996-1003. 2011
..The objective of this analysis was to investigate the influence of diabetes on biomarkers of endothelial cell activation in sepsis...
Optimised patient transfer using an innovative multidisciplinary assessment in Kanton Aargau (OPTIMA I): an observational survey in lower respiratory tract infectionsW C Albrich
Medical University Department of the University of Basel, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH
Swiss Med Wkly 141:w13237. 2011
..We describe our current triage practice and assess the potential of a combination of CURB65 with proadrenomedullin (ProADM) levels for triage decisions...
Influence of procalcitonin on decision to start antibiotic treatment in patients with a lower respiratory tract infection: insight from the observational multicentric ProREAL surveillanceF Dusemund
Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH 5001, Aarau, Switzerland
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 32:51-60. 2013
..Differential compliance with antibiotic stewardship efforts contributes to geographical differences in antibiotic prescribing habits and potentially influences antibiotic resistance rates...