Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Mar 2023
Multicenter StudyEpidemiology, clinical presentation, and outcomes of 620 patients with eosinophilia in the intensive care unit.
Although eosinophil-induced manifestations can be life-threatening, studies focusing on the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of eosinophilia in the intensive care unit (ICU) are lacking. ⋯ Eosinophilia ≥ 1 × 109/L is not uncommon in the ICU. According to the timing of eosinophilia, two subsets of patients requiring different etiological workups and management can be distinguished.