Eosinophil as a marker to distinguish sepsis from systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients in intensive care unit

摘要

Background: Sepsis, a serious systemic inflammation response against infections, is the cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in intensive care unit (ICU). Sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) have similar clinical sign, so a parameter needed to differentiate both for early diagnosis and therapy.Procalcitonin (PCT) is expensive and relative difficult to performed especially in Makassar, Indonesia. Eosinophil, a routine hematologic test, is cheap and easy to perform manually or automatically.