From: Biomarker-guided antibiotic therapy in adult critically ill patients: a critical review
1 āEasy to use and interpret | |
2 āObjective | |
3 āRapidly available | |
4 āReproducible | |
5 āGood sensitivity and good specificity | |
6 āDynamic ā rapid increases and decreases | |
7 āLevel not dependent of the underlying pathology and not modified by any treatment or intervention unless interventions related to the source control and/or antibiotic therapy | |
8 āContinuous and not a discrete variable | |
9 āCorrelation with clinical severity and mortality | |
10 āProlonged and successive infections without āexhaustionā or āfatigueā | |
11 āInexpensive | |
12 āEasily available |