lab tests orders

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Ordering procalcitonin levels only happens in an academic institution for academic purposes. I've never seen a situation where ordering it will change my management of sepsis or suspected sepsis. If ordered, it may reinforce one's diagnosis, but never changes management.
 
No I've seen it in the more than one community programs I've been in, where it has changed management

it was used pretty religiously as a measure for when to d/c abx in a course for PNA, and other stuff I don't remember
 
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