METHOD OF OBTAINING AN INDICATOR OF PATIENT SEPSIS AND APPARATUS FOR SUCH A METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a method of obtaining an indicator of patient sepsis, comprising the following steps: —imaging a blood sample using a device arranged for obtaining an image of individual blood cells within the sample, —obtaining optical properties of leukocytes within the image, —comparing the optical properties of the leukocytes with reference values so as to obtain an indicator of patient sepsis.