Elevated Presepsin Levels are Associated with Severity and Prognosis of Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

Journal: Clinical laboratory

PMID: 28164588

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current clinical scoring systems are insufficient in the early identification of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients at risk of developing potentially lethal complications. This present study was designed to evaluate the relationship of presepsin with disease severity, local complications, organ failure, and mortality of SAP.

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Jianbo Lin
Zhe Li
Yanhong Zheng
Yang Zhang

Innovative Institute of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Academy for Interdiscipline, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Cunhua Shao
Gongpan Liu
Jiangong Li

Keywords

Acute Disease APACHE Area Under Curve Biomarkers Case-Control Studies Female Hospital Mortality Humans Lipopolysaccharide Receptors Male Middle Aged Multiple Organ Failure Pancreatitis Peptide Fragments Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Retrospective Studies ROC Curve Severity of Illness Index

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Elevated Presepsin Levels are Associated with Severity and Prognosis of Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

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