Introduction Biomarkers can be useful for identifying or ruling out sepsis, identifying patients
who may benefit from specific therapies or assessing the response to therapy. Methods We …

Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumo... : Current Opinion in
Pulmonary Medicine Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide and one of the most
common lower respiratory tract infections that is contributing significantly to the burden of …

Measurement of biomarkers has revolutionized the work-up of patients with suspected
cardiovascular disease. The most widely used contemporary cardiovascular biomarkers are …

Objective: Aspiration of oropharyngeal or gastric contents into the lower respiratory tract is a
common event in critically ill patients and can lead to pneumonia or pneumonitis. Aspiration …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent intensive-care-unit (ICU)-
acquired infection, with an incidence ranging from 6 to 52%[1, 2, 3, 4]. Several studies have …

Background Epileptic seizures (ES) lead to alterations in the blood laboratory values and
reflect changes in different organ systems. Here, we review the diagnostic and prognostic …

Sažetak The need for faster diagnosis, more accurate prognostic assessment and treatment
decisions in vari-ous diseases has lead to the investigations of new biomarkers. The hope is …

Introduction Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) is associated with increased
duration of mechanical ventilation. We hypothesized that, in patients with VAT, antibiotic …

El 10% de las asistencias en los servicios de urgencias están relacionadas con procesos
infecciosos. Administrar el tratamiento antibiótico de manera precoz y la toma inmediata de …