Abstract
Changes in the plasma concentration of C-reactive protein were assessed as a diagnostic test for sepsis in critically ill patients. Forty-nine episodes of secondary sepsis were identified in 31 patients. In 43 out of the 49 episodes there was a 25% or greater change in the concentration of C-reactive protein on the day that sepsis was diagnosed but in six episodes of sepsis the change was less than 25%. A 25% rise in the plasma concentration of C-reactive protein in the absence of other non-infective causes of a raised C-reactive protein, such as inflammation, tissue injury or surgery, is highly suggestive of infection, but failure of the C-reactive protein to rise does not eliminate a diagnosis of sepsis.
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