Prognostic Value of GDF-15 in Predicting Prolonged Intensive Care Stay following Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study

Introduction. Predicting intensive care unit length of stay and outcome following cardiac surgery is currently based on clinical parameters. Novel biomarkers could be employed to improve the prediction models. Materials and Methods. We performed a qualitative cytokine screening array to identify hig...

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Main Authors: Henry Barton, Elisabeth Zechendorf, Dirk Ostareck, Antje Ostareck-Lederer, Christian Stoppe, Rashad Zayat, Tim Simon-Philipp, Gernot Marx, Johannes Bickenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5564334