Observation of Initial Procalcitonin and the Clinical Course of Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

Hannover Medical School702 enrolled

Overview

Observation of the initial Procalcitonin values and the clinical course of consecutively included patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at general medical practices in greater Hannover.

Primary endpoint: * initial Procalcitonin values of patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Secondary endpoints: * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to classify Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to subjective severity of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to antibiotic- prescriptions * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of admission to hospital * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of referrals (radiology, pneumology)

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

702

Conditions

Respiratory Tract Infections

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * written informed consent * all types of respiratory tract infection according to investigator´s diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * pretreatment with antibiotics in the past 2 weeks * portal hypertension * Major surgeries or multiple trauma which require hospitalization, in previous 4 weeks * Autoimmune disease and systemic diseases (lupus erythematodes, wegener´s disease) * Peritoneal dialysis * Acute treated or recently operated medullary c-cell-carcinoma, SCLC, carcinoid * Other inflammatory diseases (e.g. urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, pancreatitis

Locations (1)

Medical School Hannover, Department Pneumology

Hanover, Germany

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