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5 days ago · Complete Blood Count (CBC): This test examines your white blood cell count and provides insights into your body's fight against infection. Blood Lactate Level: Elevated lactate levels in your blood may point to oxygen deprivation in tissues and organs, which is a hallmark of sepsis.
1 day ago · Thrombocytopenia is common in sepsis and is associated with outcomes. Thrombocytopenia (a platelet count < 150,000/μL) is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients [ 2] and seen in > 55% of sepsis cases and at higher rates in septic shock [ 3, 4 ]. Severe thrombocytopenia (≤ 50,000/μL) [ 2] develops in ~ 30% of thrombocytopenic septic ...
1 day ago · Background The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza A, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections have similar modes of transmission and clinical symptoms. There is a need to identify simple diagnostic indicators to distinguish these three infections, particularly for community hospitals and low- and middle-income countries that lack nucleic acid ...
5 days ago · Background Sepsis is a severe form of systemic inflammatory response syndrome that is caused by infection. Sepsis is characterized by a marked state of stress, which manifests as nonspecific physiological and metabolic changes in response to the disease. Previous studies have indicated that the stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) can serve as a reliable predictor of adverse outcomes in various ...
5 days ago · You may need to have your platelets measured at specific intervals if you have a health condition that predisposes you to a high or low platelet count, such as thrombocytopenia or a history of cancer, or if you are taking medication that alters platelet levels.
2 days ago · The diagnostic markers serum creatinine (SCr) and urine output have both low sensitivity and specificity for AKI (7, 8), especially in the presence of sepsis. Therefore, the development and refinement of clinical methods to quantify organ dysfunction and disease severity in patients with sepsis is necessary and remains the subject of current ...
1 day ago · Plasma was administered in case of fibrinogen levels below 1 g/L and a platelet transfusion was considered in patients with an absolute platelet count below 50 × 10 9 /L or with significant bleeding in conjunction with a platelet count below 100 × 10 9 /L. Red Blood Cell (RBC) transfusion was indicated when hemoglobin levels dropped below 9.6 ...
