Procalcitonin to stop antibiotics after cardiovascular surgery in a pediatric intensive care unit—The PROSACAB study

• Sara Bobillo-Perez ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliations Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Disorders of Immunity and Respiration of the Pediatric Critical Patients Research Group, Institut Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Anna Sole-Ribalta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Monica Balaguer ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Elisabeth Esteban ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Monica Girona-Alarcon ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Lluisa Hernandez-Platero ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Susana Segura ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Aida Felipe ,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Francisco Jose Cambra ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fjcambra@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliation Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-8032

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• Cristian Launes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliations Pediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Institut Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

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• Iolanda Jordan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ SBP, ASR, CL, and IJ contributed equally to this work, including the process of conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, validation and writing-original draft preparation. MB, EE, MGA, LHP, SS, AF, and FJC also contributed equally to this work, including the process of visualization and writing-review and editing.

  Affiliations Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Institut Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

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