pregnancy,
patients under legal custody,
patients without health insurance,
patients included in another interventional clinical study involving infections or antibiotics and having the same primary parameter,
moribund patients,
situation in which the procalcitonin concentration could be increased without correlation to an infectious process (poly-traumatised patients,
surgical interventions within the last 4 days,
cardiorespiratory arrest,
administration of anti-thymocyte globulin,
immunodepressed patients (bone marrow transplant patients, patients with severe neutropenia),
patients with an absolute indication for administration of antibiotics at the moment of ICU admission (meningitis, pneumonia) or a chronic infection for which long-term antibiotic treatment is necessary (endocarditis, osteo-articular infections, mediastinitis, deep abscesses, pneumocystis infection, toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis)
patients with haemodynamic instability of septic origin or a respiratory insufficiency (defined by a ratio Pa02/Fi02 = 200 mmHg and PEP = 5 cmH2O)

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Condition
pregnancy
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Person
legal custody
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Negation
without
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Person
health insurance
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Condition
moribund
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Measurement
procalcitonin concentration
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Qualifier
increased
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Condition
poly-traumatised
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Procedure
surgical interventions
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Temporal
last 4 days
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Condition
cardiorespiratory arrest
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Drug
anti-thymocyte globulin
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Condition
immunodepressed
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Procedure
bone marrow transplant
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Condition
severe neutropenia
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Scope
bone marrow transplant patients, patients with severe neutropenia
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Visit
ICU
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Drug
antibiotics
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Condition
meningitis
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Condition
pneumonia
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Condition
indication
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Scope
meningitis, pneumonia
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Condition
chronic infection
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Qualifier
long-term
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Procedure
antibiotic treatment
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Condition
endocarditis
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Condition
osteo-articular infections
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Condition
mediastinitis
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Condition
deep abscesses
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Condition
pneumocystis infection
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Condition
toxoplasmosis
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Condition
tuberculosis
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Scope
(endocarditis, osteo-articular infections, mediastinitis, deep abscesses, pneumocystis infection, toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis
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Condition
septic
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Condition
haemodynamic instability
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Condition
espiratory insufficiency
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Measurement
Pa02/Fi02
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Value
= 200 mmHg
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Measurement
PEP
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Value
= 5 cmH2O
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Scope
Pa02/Fi02 = 200 mmHg and PEP = 5 cmH2O