Clinical Study
Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotics after Surgery for Peritonitis: A Randomized Controlled Study
Table 3
Primary outcome measure: duration of antibiotics (median with interquartile range, days).
| Duration antibiotic treatment | Procalcitonin (n = 79) | Control (n = 83) | value |
| (i) All patients | 8 (5–16) | 10 (6–12) | 0.714 | (ii) Subgroup 1: GI perforation | 7 (5–12) | 10 (8.5–12) | 0.065 | (iii) Subgroup 2: appendicitis | 8 (5.5–13.5) | 8 (5–11) | 0.573 | (iv) Subgroup 3: postoperative | 18.5 (6.75–29.5) | 13 (11–18) | 0.403 |
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