Figure 1.
Evolution of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin according to evolution of infection (I) in febrile critically ill patients.
CRP and PCT levels presented as median (interquartile range). Group 1=I Day (D)0-2 no I D3-7; Group 2=I D0-2 and I D3-7; Group 3=no I D0-2 but I D3-7; Group 4=no I D0-2 nor D3-7. For CRP D0-2 P=0.009, for CRP D7 P=0.002, for change P=0.004; for PCT D0-2 P=0.054, PCT D7 P<0.001, for change P=0.23, among groups.
Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
Table 2.
Evolution of infection.
Table 3.
Predictive values for changes of markers.