Blood cell counter, diagnosis support method and computer program product

Abstract

A blood cell counter comprising: a detector for detecting blood cells in blood of a subject; and a controller for obtaining, based on a detection result by the detector, first analytical information about hemoglobin amount of red blood cells in the blood and second analytical information about granulocytes in the blood, and for outputting diagnosis support information for supporting determination of whether an inflammatory response of the subject is an infectious inflammatory response or a noninfectious inflammatory response, based on the first analytical information and the second analytical information that have been obtained. A method and computer program product are also disclosed.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a blood cell counting device, a diagnosis support device, a diagnosis support method, and a control system. Background technique [0002] Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) is a state in which the whole body presents a severe inflammatory response due to infection, trauma, surgery, and acute pancreatitis. [0003] Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a disease accompanied by an infectious inflammatory reaction, for example, sepsis. Sepsis is a disease in which symptoms will shift to severe sepsis, septic shock, and multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) without proper treatment at an early stage, eventually leading to death. Therefore, in the case where it is judged that the subject has systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), whether it is an infectious inflammatory response or a non-infectious inflammatory response is judged to diagnose early whether ...

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[0005] However, in the method of diagnosing sepsis by confirming the presence or absence of infectious bacteria by culturing the subject's blood, there is a problem in that the work of culturing the blood is required, and in order to determine whether the subject's inflammatory reaction is an infectious inflammatory reaction or non-infectious Infectious inflammatory response, requiring significant man-hours and expense

[0006] In addition, in the diagnosis support method disclosed in U.S. Application No. 11 / 792724, in addition to information based on the results of blood detection by a blood cell counting device, information such as cytokines and cell surface biomarkers are also required, so there are still a lot of information needed. Questions like hours and costs

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