Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources

Josie Henley, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Philip Howard, Neil Powell, Mahableshwar Albur, Stuart E Bond, Joanne Euden, Paul Dark, Detelina Grozeva, Thomas P Hellyer, Susan Hopkins, Martin Llewelyn, Wakunyambo Maboshe, Iain J McCullagh, Margaret Ogden, Philip Pallmann, Helena K Parsons, David G Partridge, Dominick Shaw, Bethany Shinkins, Tamas Szakmany, Stacy Todd, Robert M West, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan Carrol, Jonathan Sandoe

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093210
Published: 2025-08
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093210,
  title = {Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources},
  author = {Josie Henley and Lucy Brookes-Howell and Philip Howard and Neil Powell and Mahableshwar Albur and Stuart E Bond and Joanne Euden and Paul Dark and Detelina Grozeva and Thomas P Hellyer and Susan Hopkins and Martin Llewelyn and Wakunyambo Maboshe and Iain J McCullagh and Margaret Ogden and Philip Pallmann and Helena K Parsons and David G Partridge and Dominick Shaw and Bethany Shinkins and Tamas Szakmany and Stacy Todd and Robert M West and Emma Thomas-Jones and Enitan Carrol and Jonathan Sandoe},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093210},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093210}
}

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TI  - Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources
AU  - Josie Henley
AU  - Lucy Brookes-Howell
AU  - Philip Howard
AU  - Neil Powell
AU  - Mahableshwar Albur
AU  - Stuart E Bond
AU  - Joanne Euden
AU  - Paul Dark
AU  - Detelina Grozeva
AU  - Thomas P Hellyer
AU  - Susan Hopkins
AU  - Martin Llewelyn
AU  - Wakunyambo Maboshe
AU  - Iain J McCullagh
AU  - Margaret Ogden
AU  - Philip Pallmann
AU  - Helena K Parsons
AU  - David G Partridge
AU  - Dominick Shaw
AU  - Bethany Shinkins
AU  - Tamas Szakmany
AU  - Stacy Todd
AU  - Robert M West
AU  - Emma Thomas-Jones
AU  - Enitan Carrol
AU  - Jonathan Sandoe
PY  - 2025
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093210
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Henley, J., Brookes-Howell, L., Howard, P., Powell, N., Albur, M., Bond, S. E., Euden, J., Dark, P., Grozeva, D., Hellyer, T. P., Hopkins, S., Llewelyn, M., Maboshe, W., McCullagh, I. J., Ogden, M., Pallmann, P., Parsons, H. K., Partridge, D. G., Shaw, D., Shinkins, B., Szakmany, T., Todd, S., West, R. M., Thomas-Jones, E., Carrol, E., & Sandoe, J. (2025). Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093210

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