Research recommendations coming out of this guidance What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in people with confirmed or highly suspected sepsis in intensive care units and in people with suspected bacterial infections presenting to the emergency department? What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in children having antibiotics for a suspected or proven infection in an intensive care unit? What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in children and adults presenting to the emergency department with respiratory tract infection? What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in adults presenting to the emergency department with exacerbations of chronic inflammatory respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in people with confirmed or highly suspected sepsis in intensive care units and in people with suspected bacterial infections presenting to the emergency department?
What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in children having antibiotics for a suspected or proven infection in an intensive care unit?
What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in children and adults presenting to the emergency department with respiratory tract infection?
What is the impact and longer-term clinical outcomes of adding procalcitonin testing to standard clinical practice with protocol-driven care in the NHS, to guide the use of antibiotic treatment in adults presenting to the emergency department with exacerbations of chronic inflammatory respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?