| Literature DB >> 27229638 |
Timothy E Sweeney1, Hector R Wong2.
Abstract
Sepsis mortality rates have decreased in recent years but remain unacceptably high. Risk stratification and prognostication is of particular importance because high-risk patients may benefit from earlier clinical interventions, whereas low-risk patients may benefit from not undergoing unnecessary procedures. Prognostication is currently done mostly via clinical criteria and blood lactate levels. This article summarizes the literature on the complexity of changes at the molecular level for the casual reader.Entities:
Keywords: Biomarker; Gene expression; Microarray; Prognostics; Sepsis
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27229638 PMCID: PMC4884300 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.01.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Chest Med ISSN: 0272-5231 Impact factor: 2.878