Pro-Calcitoninin - A Diagnostic Test That Needs Clinical Judgment

Josh Stripling: Pro-Calcitonin is a test and, like all tests, requires clinical judgment. Stripling points out that if someone has a classic presentation of pneumonia with short-course antibiotics, it's just spending money. Sometimes Pro- Calcitonin helps us not give antibiotics, but we have to take that into the context of the clinical picture,. Dr. Stripling: I hope as we go forward, more studies come out that we do find that space where it really can be used effectively in the right way.