Figure 3From: Early identification of intensive care unit-acquired infections with daily monitoring of C-reactive protein: a prospective observational studyClinical course evaluated by the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in infected and noninfected patients. The SOFA score (mean ± standard deviation) between day -5 and day 0 of infected patients and noninfected patients is shown. In infected patients the SOFA score remained almost unchanged, whereas a significant decrease was observed in noninfected patients (P < 0.001).Back to article page