Myeloperoxidase can differentiate between sepsis and non-infectious SIRS and predicts mortality in intensive care patients with SIRS

Myeloperoxidase can differentiate between sepsis and non-infectious SIRS and predicts mortality in intensive care patients with SIRS

Abstract Background Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a clinical syndrome following inflammation. Clinically, it is difficult to distinguish SIRS following an infection, i.e., sepsis, from non-infectious SIRS. Myeloperoxidase is a hemeprotein stored in the neutrophil azurophilic gran...

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Main Authors: Irene T. Schrijver, Hans Kemperman, Mark Roest, Jozef Kesecioglu, Dylan W. de Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-09-01
Series:Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
Subjects:
Myeloperoxidase
Sepsis
Critical care
Biomarkers
Mortality
SIRS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40635-017-0157-y

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