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Use of plasma C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, neutrophils, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in combination to diagnose infections: a prospective study

Kristian Kofoed*, Ove Andersen, Gitte Kronborg, Michael Tvede, Janne Petersen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen and Klaus Larsen

Critical Care 2007, 11:R38 doi:10.1186/cc5723

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suPAR as a prognostic biomarker in sepsis

Katia Donadello, Sabino Scolletta, Cecilia Covajes, Jean-Louis Vincent BMC Medicine 2012, 10:2 (5 January 2012)

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Donadello and colleagues review the clinical utility of suPAR as a biomarker for sepsis, and discuss how it can be used to monitor response to treatment in critically ill patients.

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Delta neutrophil index as an early marker of disease severity in critically ill patients with sepsis

Byung Park, Young Kang, Moo Park, Won Jung, Su Lee, Sang Lee, Song Kim, Se Kim, Joon Chang, Ji Jung, Young Kim BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:299 (1 November 2011)

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Predictive value of procalcitonin decrease in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational study

Sari Karlsson, Milja Heikkinen, Ville Pettilä, Seija Alila, Sari Väisänen, Kari Pulkki, Elina Kolho, Esko Ruokonen, Critical Care 2010, 14:R205 (15 November 2010)

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Clinical review: The role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia

Mirjam Christ-Crain, Steven M Opal Critical Care 2010, 14:203 (8 February 2010)

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C-reactive protein velocity to distinguish febrile bacterial infections from non-bacterial febrile illnesses in the emergency department

Yael Paran, Doron Yablecovitch, Guy Choshen, Ina Zeitlin, Ori Rogowski, Ronen Ben-Ami, Michal Katzir, Hila Saranga, Tovit Rosenzweig, Dan Justo, Yaffa Orbach, Pinhas Halpern, Shlomo Berliner Critical Care 2009, 13:R50 (8 April 2009)

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Circulating angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 in critically ill patients: development and clinical application of two new immunoassays

Alexander Lukasz, Julian Hellpap, Rüdiger Horn, Jan T Kielstein, Sascha David, Hermann Haller, Philipp Kümpers Critical Care 2008, 12:R94 (29 July 2008)

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The electrocardiogram for sepsis: how close are we?

Mitchell M Levy Critical Care 2007, 11:144 (26 June 2007)