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The objective was to characterize the temporal dynamics of each component and to assess their synchrony in CCI patients. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Russian Intensive Care Dataset (RICD v3.0). Adult ICU patients with at least one documented ICS episode (CRP &gt; 20 mg\/L, albumin &lt; 30 g\/L, lymphocytes &lt; 0.8 \u00d7 109\/L within 24 h) were included. Daily binary statuses were generated for each domain using an episode-persistence algorithm. Pairwise concordance was assessed using Cohen\u2019s \u03ba with bootstrap resampling and generalized estimating equation (GEE) models; domain burden, episode frequency, and status combinations were also evaluated. Results: A total of 820 CCI patients contributed 18,525 non-critical patient-days. CRP and albumin domains were persistently positive (median burden 100% both), while lymphocyte positivity was brief (median burden 34.2%) and recurrent (\u22652 episodes in 45.1%). CRP and lymphocyte domains were discordant in 81.2% of days (\u03ba = \u22120.024; OR 0.60; Holm-adjusted p = 0.005); lymphocyte and albumin domains in 77.0% (\u03ba = \u22120.021; OR 0.49; Holm-adjusted p &lt; 0.001). CRP and albumin were largely concordant (78.5%; \u03ba = 0.299; OR 2.71; Holm-adjusted p &lt; 0.001). Isolated lymphopenia was rare (0.6%), whereas complete compensation was seen in 7.7% of observations. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the ICS triad components follow distinct, temporally discordant trajectories after CCI onset, questioning the view of CCI as a unified state. 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