Procalcitonin-Aided Antibiotic Stewardship for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Sponsored by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Speaker

Edward J. Septimus, M.D.

Clinical Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine, Senior Lecturer Department of Population Medicine Harvard Medical School, and Professor Distinguished Senior Fellow, School of Public Health, George Mason University
BIOGRAPHY

Event Date & Time

Date: August 18, 2022

Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST)

Abstract

Assessing the risk of bacterial infection in patients with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) can be challenging as clinicians often have to rely on clinical observation and educated guesswork in the absence of definitive microbial diagnostics. Evolving etiologies for Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) add a layer of complexity. In this webinar you will learn how to use Procalcitonin (PCT) to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship when assessing these patients. Join Edward J. Septimus, M.D., F.I.D.S.A, F.A.C.P, F.S.H.E.A. as he discusses the use of PCT to manage adult patients with CAP and provides insights on patients with AECOPD with suspected LRTI.

Learning Objectives

Discuss evolving etiologies for Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
Review the role of biomarkers in the management of adults with CAP
Explore utilizing PCT in the management of COPD Exacerbations with suspected lower respiratory infection

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