FDG-PET/CT in intensive care patients with bloodstream infection.
Jordy P PijlMark LondemaThomas C KweeMaarten W N NijstenRiemer H J A SlartRudi A J O DierckxPeter H J van der VoortAndor W J M GlaudemansJanesh PillayPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)
FDG-PET/CT has a high diagnostic yield for detecting the infection focus in patients with BSI admitted to intensive care. Poor PET image quality was significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of finding the infection focus in patients with BSI. This could be improved by adequate dietary preparation and cessation of intravenous glucose and glucose-regulating drugs. Recent advances in PET/CT technology enable higher image quality with shorter imaging time and may contribute to routinely performing FDG-PET/CT in intensive care patients with BSI of unknown origin.