High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and risk of sepsis.

Conventional C-reactive protein assays have been used to detect or guide the treatment of acute sepsis. The objective of this study was to determine the association between elevated baseline high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and the risk of future sepsis events.We studied data from 30,239...

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Main Authors: Henry E Wang, Nathan I Shapiro, Monika M Safford, Russell Griffin, Suzanne Judd, Joel B Rodgers, David G Warnock, Mary Cushman, George Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3720576?pdf=render