Nicole Kupchik
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2,480 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 16 Dec
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Like do they have to run a full 10, seven to 10 to sometimes 14 day course, or can that look a little different?
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So can we talk through what this would look like in a practical standpoint?
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So would the emergency department get a procalcitonin level as a baseline or what does that look like?
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Interesting
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Yeah.
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Well which would be super helpful, right?
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Would be very helpful.
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Because if you're if you can avoid exposing a patient to antibiotics or antifungal, anti uh viral drugs, that would again long do you think 'cause you've got to think longevity in our population.
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Okay, so let's circle back to because I kind of want to close it out with so how do we use procalcitonin to de-escalate antibiotics?
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and I've seen a lot of variability.
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Have you?
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Okay.
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Like like one hospital I worked at, we did it every other day.
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And then I've consulted with hospitals that are doing an approach to what you're explaining.
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Yeah.
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And then so we would use procalcitonin so that when the level gets to normal, like then what?
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Take the antibiotics off.
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Yeah.
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So if yeah, if it seems if it's appropriate.
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Yeah.
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