New sepsis biomarkers

• Main Authors: Dolores Limongi, Cartesio D'Agostini, Marco Ciotti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-06-01
• Series: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Subjects: Biomarker; Sepsis; Plasma chitotriosidase; Presepsin; Interleukin-27; Hepcidin; Macrophage migration inhibitory factor
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116302933

Sepsis remains a leading cause of death in the intensive care units and in all age groups worldwide. Early recognition and diagnosis are key to achieving improved outcomes. Therefore, novel biomarkers that might better inform clinicians treating such patients are surely needed. The main attributes of successful biomarkers would be high sensitivity, specificity, possibility of bedside monitoring and financial accessibility. A panel of sepsis biomarkers along with currently used laboratory tests will facilitate earlier diagnosis, timely treatment and improved outcome may be more effective than single biomarkers. In this review, we summarize the most recent advances on sepsis biomarkers evaluated in clinical and experimental studies.