Sepsis & infection

Invasive Fungal Diseases in Adult Patients in Intensive Care Unit (FUNDICU): 2024 consensus definitions from ESGCIP, EFISG, ESICM, ECMM, MSGERC, ISAC, and ISHAM

Intensive Care MedPublished Consensus statement

Methodological detailsRAND/UCLA appropriateness method, systematic assessment of existing definitions and laboratory tests
  • RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
  • Systematic assessment of existing definitions and laboratory tests

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Standardized research definitions for proven invasive candidiasis, probable deep-seated candidiasis, proven invasive aspergillosis, probable invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, and probable tracheobronchial aspergillosis

  2. No dedicated definitions for invasive fungal diseases (IFD) other than candidiasis and aspergillosis, owing to limited evidence on performance of existing definitions and laboratory tests, at least pending further data

Original publication

Invasive Fungal Diseases in Adult Patients in Intensive Care Unit (FUNDICU): 2024 consensus definitions from ESGCIP, EFISG, ESICM, ECMM, MSGERC, ISAC, and ISHAM. Intensive Care Med. Published 21 March 2024. doi:10.1007/s00134-024-07341-7

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