@article{3107793,
    title = "Developing definitions for invasive fungal diseases in critically ill adult patients in intensive care units. Protocol of the FUNgal infections Definitions in ICU patients (FUNDICU) project",
    author = "Bassetti, M. and Scudeller, L. and Giacobbe, D.R. and Lamoth, F. and Righi, E. and Zuccaro, V. and Grecchi, C. and Rebuffi, C. and Akova, M. and Alastruey-Izquierdo, A. and Arikan-Akdagli, S. and Azoulay, E. and Blot, S.I. and Cornely, O.A. and Lass-Flörl, C. and Koehler, P. and Cuenca-Estrella, M. and de Lange, D.W. and De Rosa, F.G. and De Waele, J.J. and Dimopoulos, G. and Garnacho-Montero, J. and Hoenigl, M. and Kanj, S.S. and Maertens, J. and Martin-Loeches, I. and Muñoz, P. and Kullberg, B.J. and Agvald-Ohman, C. and Poulakou, G. and Rello, J. and Sanguinetti, M. and Taccone, F.S. and Timsit, J.-F. and Torres, A. and Vazquez, J.A. and Calandra, T. and from the Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP) and the Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)",
    journal = "Mycoses",
    year = "2018",
    publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
    issn = "0933-7407, 1439-0507",
    doi = "10.1111/myc.12869",
    keywords = "consensus;  critical illness;  human;  intensive care unit;  nomenclature;  pathology;  systemic mycosis;  Article;  Cinahl;  Cochrane Library;  critically ill patient;  cryptococcosis;  e-mail;  Embase;  intensive care;  invasive aspergillosis;  invasive candidiasis;  Medline;  Pneumocystis pneumonia;  priority journal;  questionnaire;  systematic review;  systemic mycosis, Consensus;  Critical Illness;  Humans;  Intensive Care Units;  Invasive Fungal Infections;  Terminology as Topic",
    abstract = "Background: The reliability of diagnostic criteria for invasive fungal diseases (IFD) developed for severely immunocompromised patients is questionable in critically ill adult patients in intensive care units (ICU). Objectives: To develop a standard set of definitions for IFD in critically ill adult patients in ICU. Methods: Based on a systematic literature review, a list of potential definitions to be applied to ICU patients will be developed by the ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP) and the ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) chairpersons. The proposed definitions will be evaluated by a panel of 30 experts using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness methods. The panel will rank each of the proposed definitions on a 1-9 scale trough a dedicated questionnaire, in two rounds: one remote and one face-to-face. Based on their median rank and the level of agreement across panel members, selected definitions will be organised in a main consensus document and in an executive summary. The executive summary will be made available online for public comments. Conclusions: The present consensus project will seek to provide standard definitions for IFD in critically ill adult patients in ICU, with the ultimate aims of improving their clinical outcome and facilitating the comparison and generalizability of research findings. © 2018 Blackwell Verlag GmbH"
}