Cytokine profiles in sepsis have limited relevance for stratifying patients in the emergency department: a prospective observational study.

INTRODUCTION: Morbidity, mortality and social cost of sepsis are high. Previous studies have suggested that individual cytokines levels could be used as sepsis markers. Therefore, we assessed whether the multiplex technology could identify useful cytokine profiles in Emergency Department (ED) patien...

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Main Authors: Virginie Lvovschi, Laurent Arnaud, Christophe Parizot, Yonathan Freund, Gaëlle Juillien, Pascale Ghillani-Dalbin, Mohammed Bouberima, Martin Larsen, Bruno Riou, Guy Gorochov, Pierre Hausfater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3248412?pdf=render