Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein, Albumin, and Blood Cultures as Early Markers of Sepsis Diagnosis or Predictors of Outcome: A Prospective Analysis.
Ana Cristina Schmidt de Oliveira-NettoLuis G MorelloLibera M Dalla-CostaRicardo Rasmussen PetterleRafael M FontanaDanieli ConteLuciane A PereiraSonia Maria RaboniPublished in: Clinical pathology (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.) (2019)
The challenge in the diagnosis of sepsis continues as clinical and laboratory differences found between the groups were due to septic shock. Older aged patients with lower albumin levels and higher APACHE II and SOFA 1st day scores have a greater probability of mortality.