Procalcitonin: Cut-off points and reliability of the measurement in the septic patient

Dr. Alejandro Rodríguez, Intensive Medicine Service, Hosp. Joan XXIII University, Tarragona.

In this conference, Dr. Alejandro Rodríguez updates the scientific evidence about how an antibiotic therapy strategy based on procalcitonin is proven to be effective, safe and cost-effective and about the need to use reliable diagnostic tests that have a validation of the points cutting used in the clinic.