Clinical diagnosis of pneumonia is difficult and chest radiographs often indeterminate, leading to incorrect diagnoses and antibiotic overuse. Objective: To determine if serum procalcitonin (ProCT ...

The leading primary admission diagnoses assigned by the pulmonologist were pneumonia and AECOPD at 31% and 27%, respectively. Of the 163 illnesses assigned a primary or secondary admitting ...

Pneumonia, in simple terms ... C-reactive protein (CRP), liver and kidney function tests (LFT, KFT), procalcitonin levels, blood culture, and sputum examination by stain and culture.