Kinetics of C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin in the Early Identification of ICU-Acquired Infections in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.
José Pedro CidadeLuís CoelhoPedro PóvoaPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
COVID-19 patients who developed ICU-acquired infections exhibited different biomarker kinetics before the diagnosis of those infections. Daily CRP monitoring and the recognition of the CRP kinetics could be useful in the prediction of ICU-acquired infections.