Several Cytokines and Protein C Levels with the Apache II Scoring System for Evaluation of Patients with Sepsis

Objective: We investigated whether determination IL-6, IL-8, IL-1beta and TNF-alpha at baseline, total protein C (PC) levels at time of admission and 48 hours after initiation could complement the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scoring system to identify patients with sep...

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Main Authors: Nurettin Erben, Saygın Nayman Alpat, Zafer Gülbaş, Emine Karkaç, Elif Doyuk Kartal, Ertuğrul Çolak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2012-06-01
Series:Balkan Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php3?id=857