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SUBMITTER: Lan P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056487 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lan Peng P Pan Kong-Han KH Wang Shuo-Jia SJ Shi Qiu-Cheng QC Yu Yun-Xian YX Fu Ying Y Chen Yan Y Jiang Yan Y Hua Xiao-Ting XT Zhou Jian-Cang JC Yu Yun-Song YS
Scientific reports 20180723 1
Iron is an essential nutrient for bacterial survival and thus higher iron levels may precipitate bacterial infections. We investigated the association between the serum iron level and prognosis in patients with sepsis by using the single-centre Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database. Sepsis patients with iron parameters measured on ICU admission were included and stratified according to quartiles of serum iron levels. A total of 1,891 patients diagnosed with sepsis ...[more]