TY - JOUR T1 - Can we use a biomarker to guide antibiotic treatment in severe COPD exacerbations? JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 353 LP - 355 DO - 10.1183/20734735.0257-2019 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Victor A. Adepoju Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/15/4/353.abstract N2 - Prins HJ, et al. CRP-guided antibiotic treatment in acute exacerbations of COPD in hospital admissions. Eur Respir J 2019; 53: 1802014.C-reactive protein (at values ≥50 mg/L) is a useful and cheap biomarker for making antibiotic decisions in patients hospitalised for an acute exacerbation of COPD with no additional risk of adverse effect or treatment failure #AECOPD http://bit.ly/342p0Nj ER -