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SUBMITTER: Kung CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3441240 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kung Chia-Te CT Hsiao Sheng-Yuan SY Tsai Tsung-Cheng TC Su Chih-Min CM Chang Wen-Neng WN Huang Chi-Ren CR Wang Hung-Chen HC Lin Wei-Che WC Chang Hsueh-Wen HW Lin Yu-Jun YJ Cheng Ben-Chung BC Su Ben Yu-Jih BY Tsai Nai-Wen NW Lu Cheng-Hsien CH
Journal of translational medicine 20120621
<h4>Background and aim</h4>The sensitivity and specificity of biomarkers and scoring systems used for predicting fatality of severe sepsis patients remain unsatisfactory. This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of circulating plasma DNA levels in severe septic patients presenting at the Emergency Department (ED).<h4>Methods</h4>Sixty-seven consecutive patients with severe sepsis and 33 controls were evaluated. Plasma DNA levels were estimated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain ...[more]