The phrase "a cpis" is not correct in written English and does not convey a clear meaning.
It may be intended as an abbreviation or acronym, but without context, it is not usable.
Example: "I need to submit a cpis for the project, but I'm not sure what it stands for."
Alternatives: "a report" or "a document".
There were 118 potential episodes of VAP identified using a CPIS ≥ 6 in patients admitted over a five year period.
Any patient with a CPIS ≥ 4 after the first 48 hours of ventilation had their chest radiographs reviewed and scored.
The cure of VAP was defined as the resolution of clinical and biological signs of infection, i.e. a CPIS less than 6 and bacteriological eradication.
After assessment of VAP probability using the clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS), PSB were performed in patients with a CPIS of 6 or more.
The specificity of the use of a CPIS ≥ 6 in the identification of VAP of 54 % in our audit is similar to that previously described [1].
We used our electronic patient records to generate a CPIS comprising temperature, white blood cell count, tracheal secretions, microbiology results and PaO2/FiO2 ratio for each patient ventilator day from September 2009-August 2014.
The patients with lung infection had a higher CPIS and a greater alveolar sTREM-1 (P = 0.019 and P = 0.019, respectively) compared with those without lung infection.
In a study by Singh and colleagues [ 9] more than a decade ago, antibiotics were maintained for 10 to 21 days for patients with a high CPIS, but for those with a low CPIS (<6), the antibiotic either was free choice or was based on a reevaluation strategy after 72 hours: the antibiotic was stopped if the score decreased or remained constant and was continued if the CPIS increased.
In contrast, group C displayed neutrophilia in BAL fluid and a high CPIS score compared with group A (Table 3).
Singh et al. [ 66] used a modified CPIS (calculated at baseline from the first five clinical variables, and CPIS at 72 hours was based on all variables of the score) that antibiotics were stopped in patients with a persistent low score (<6) after 3 days of therapy, avoiding unnecessary use of antibiotics, and all patients who discontinued the therapy improved.
The patients with abdominal infection had a lower CPIS and increased plasma PCT and peritoneal sTREM (P = 0.002, P = 0.018, P < 0.001, respectively) compared with those without abdominal infection (Tables 5 and 6).
