Background Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a public health problem that
increase health care costs. This article aimed to systematically review the literature and meta …

C-reactive protein (CRP) is considered a biomarker of infection/inflammation. It is a
commonly used tool for early detection of infection in the emergency room or as a point-of …

Background The purpose of this study was to explore the diagnostic value of soluble
triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (sTREM-1), procalcitonin (PCT), and C …

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein whose requests have been growing
exponentially in several countries, including Brazil. In this study, the use of CRP in several …

Objective. To describe the dynamics changes of sCD163, soluble serum triggering receptor
expressed on myeloid cells‐1 (sTREM‐1), procalcitonin (PCT), and C‐reactive protein …

Background Fever is one of the most common complaints in the emergency department (ED)
and is more complex than generally appreciated. The broad differential diagnosis of fever …

Methods: Serum samples were collected from febrile patients between January and
December 2012 and processed for blood cultures. PCT, IL-6, CRP and SAA levels were …

Systemic inflammation is an immune response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or
noninfectious origin and remains a challenge in the intensive care units with high mortality …

Introduction The recent definition of sepsis was modified based on a scoring system focused
on organ failure (Sepsis-3). It would be a time-consuming process to detect the sepsis …

Objective To explore the value of α-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) for the early diagnostic and
prognostic assessment of patients with sepsis. Methods Eighty-five patients with systemic …