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From: Early identification of intensive care unit-acquired infections with daily monitoring of C-reactive protein: a prospective observational study

Figure 1

Patterns of C-reactive protein (CRP) course before infection diagnosis or intensive care unit discharge. Four patterns of CRP course between day -5 and day 0 before infection diagnosis or intensive care unit discharge of individual patients are displayed according to a previously defined CRP cutoff value for infection diagnosis of 8.7 mg/dl [19]. See text for definition of patterns A–D. Dashed line, CRP cutoff value for infection diagnosis.

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ISSN: 1364-8535