Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Score Predicting Nosocomial Infection and Outcome in ICU Patients / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study relativity of systemic inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) score and nosocomial infection(NI) and outcome in ICU patients.METHODS A total of 1897 ICU patients were enrolled in our study.The SIRS within 48 hours after admission was recorded.And the prospective evaluation in NI and prognosis was made.RESULTS The nosocomial infection rate was 10.1%,and the mortality was 9.9%.With SIRS score increasing,NI and mortality rates increased as well and the tendency presented a linear correlation.CONCLUSIONS As a simple system,SIRS score can initially predict the risk of NI and outcome in ICU patients.