About this episode
Dr. Zanotti discusses the role of Procalcitonin in the ICU with Dr. Simran Gupta, focusing on its reassessment in critically ill patients with sepsis.
In this episode, Dr. Zanotti discusses the role of Procalcitonin in the ICU. He is joined by Dr. Simran Gupta, an infectious disease specialist at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. Gupta has additional training in Clinical Research, Transplant, and Infectious Disease. She recently published an article on reassessing the role of Procalcitonin in critically ill patients with sepsis. Additional resources: Reassessing Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: Lessons from the ADAPT-Sepsis Trial. S. Gupta, et al. Clinical Infectious Disease 2025: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40579227/ Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis: The ADAPT-Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2025: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39652885/ Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy may shorten the length of treatment and may improve survival- a systematic review and meta-analysis. M Papp, et al. Crit Care 2023: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37833778/ Books and entertainment mentioned in this episode: Shantaram: A Novel. By Gregory David Roberts: https://bit.ly/4ovVHKX SHANTARAM – Apple TV series…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Zanotti
Guest: Dr. Simran Gupta
Topics covered
- Procalcitonin
- ICU
- sepsis
- antibiotic therapy
- infectious disease
Keywords
- Procalcitonin
- ICU
- sepsis
- antibiotic therapy
- infectious disease
- clinical research
- transplant
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brigham & Women's Hospital
Products: SHANTARAM – Apple TV series
Books & works: Reassessing Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: Lessons from the ADAPT-Sepsis Trial, Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis: The ADAPT-Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial, Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy may shorten the length of treatment and may improve survival- a systematic review and meta-analysis, Shantaram: A Novel
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