Risk Factors Candidiasis for ICU Patients | Medical Algorithm

Are you evaluating a patient who has been admitted to the ICU?

Yes

Number of days in the ICU

Number of hours on a mechanical ventilator

hours

Was the patient receiving antibacterial antibiotic therapy on ICU days 1, 2 and 3?

Yes

Did the patient have a central venous catheter on ICU days 1, 2 or 3?

Yes

Does the patient have a history of?

• any recent surgery?

Yes

• immunosuppressive therapy in the week prior to admission to ICU?

Yes

• current pancreatitits?

Yes

• current total parenteral nutrition?

Yes

• current dialysis?

Yes

• corticosteroid therapy in the week prior to admission to ICU?

Yes

• neutropenia?

Yes

• transplant?

Yes

• burn?

Yes

• HIV-1?

Yes

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Diagnosis

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Objective

ICD-10

Identify ICU Patient At Risk for Invasive Candidiasis | Clinical Prediction Rule

Purpose: To identify a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) with about 10% incidence of invasive candidiasis using the rule of Ostrosky-Zeichner et al.