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Rapid diagnosis of sepsis using biomarker signatures.
Crit Care. 2013 Dec 4;17(6):1020
Authors: Silman NJ
Abstract
Diagnosis of sepsis is complicated by non-specific clinical definitions and delays in laboratory analysis using tests which may have very poor predictive values. The use of host biomarker signature sets, which when measured in combination have high predictive values, offers a paradigm shift forwards for rapid, near-patient diagnosis. These analyses more closely mirror the rapid blood chemistry and hematology analyses which often are used for near-patient testing and diagnosis.
PMID: 24314350 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]