Intensive Care Infection Score - A new approach to distinguish between infectious and noninfectious processes in intensive care and medicosurgical patients

Conclusions
In the ICU, particularly for postoperative patients, ICIS is a reliable marker for the timely identification of infection. ICIS may qualify as a new decision support tool for antibiotic therapy, when interpreted within the clinical context.

Source: Journal of International Medical Research - May 18, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Weimann, K., Zimmermann, M., Spies, C. D., Wernecke, K.-D., Vicherek, O., Nachtigall, I., Tafelski, S., Weimann, A. Tags: Clinical Reports Source Type: research