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From: PLUS-IS-LESS project: Procalcitonin and Lung UltraSonography-based antibiotherapy in patients with Lower rESpiratory tract infection in Swiss Emergency Departments: study protocol for a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial

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The PLUS algorithm. AB, antibiotics; DS-CRB-65, clinical severity score: add 1 point for disease (D): presence of at least one of the following: congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, chronic renal disease, chronic liver disease or active malignancy; oxygen saturation (S) < 90% to the CRB-65 score, Van Vugt score: 1 point per item: absence of coryza, presence of dyspnea, crackles, and diminished breath sound on auscultation, fever ≥37.8°C, tachycardia ≥100/min; low/intermediate for a score ≤ 2 points and high for a score ≥3 points; PCT, procalcitonin

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