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  2. Procalcitonin - Wikipedia

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    PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in the ED [26] [27] COPD exacerbation: RCT 0.1-0. 5 PCT reduces antibiotic exposure without adverse outcomes in the ED and hospital [26] [27] [28] Endocarditis: observational 2.3 PCT is an independent predictor with high diagnostic accuracy for acute endocarditis [29] [30] Meningitis ...

  3. Prism cover test - Wikipedia

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    The prism cover test (PCT) is an objective measurement and the gold standard in measuring strabismus, i.e. ocular misalignment, or a deviation of the eye. [1] It is used by ophthalmologists, orthoptists, and optometrists in order to measure the vertical and horizontal deviation and includes both manifest and latent components. [1]

  4. List of medical abbreviations: P - Wikipedia

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    PCT: progesterone challenge test Patient care technician: PCV: packed cell volume (see hematocrit) polycythemia vera: PCWP: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure: PD: Parkinson's disease paroxysmal dyskinesia peritoneal dialysis physical diagnosis personality disorder program director PDA: patent ductus arteriosus posterior descending artery: PDD

  5. PCT - Wikipedia

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    Patient care technician; Person-centered therapy; Porphyria cutanea tarda, the most common subtype of porphyria; Postcoital test, for infertility; Post-coital tristesse; Pragmatic clinical trial; Primary care trusts, UK NHS bodies 2001–2013; Procalcitonin, a precursor of the hormone calcitonin; Progestogen challenge test; Proximal convoluted ...

  6. Pragmatic clinical trial - Wikipedia

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    A pragmatic clinical trial (PCT), sometimes called a practical clinical trial (PCT), [1] is a clinical trial that focuses on correlation between treatments and outcomes in real-world health system practice rather than focusing on proving causative explanations for outcomes, which requires extensive deconfounding with inclusion and exclusion criteria so strict that they risk rendering the trial ...

  7. List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

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    PCT: Primary care trust (UK) PGNZ: Pharmaceutical Guild of New Zealand PHARM: Pharmaceutical Health and Rational Use of Medicines (Australia) Pharm.D: Doctor of Pharmacy PMS: Personal Medical Services alternative contract for UK GPs POG: Pediatric Oncology Group PRHO: Pre-registration house officer (UK) PSNZ: Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand

  8. Postcoital test - Wikipedia

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    The postcoital test (PCT), also known as the Sims test, Hühner test ,Sims–Hühner test, or cervical mucous penetration assay is a test in the evaluation of infertility. The test examines interaction between sperm and mucus of the cervix .

  9. Pharmacy technician - Wikipedia

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    Under exceptional circumstances, experience in healthcare practice may contribute/compensate absent the above requirements. [ 16 ] In the National Health Service (NHS) pharmacy technicians work under the direct supervision of a senior or specialist pharmacy technician and is accountable to the chief pharmacy technician or lead pharmacist even ...