Introduction Recently, red cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of erythrocyte size
variability, has been shown to be a prognostic marker in critical illness. The aim of this study …

Introduction A potential independent association was recently demonstrated between high
red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and the risk of all-cause mortality in critically ill …

Introduction Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality. While there is much data about risk factors for severe outcome in the general …

Background Guidelines recommend a restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy based
on hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations in critically ill patients. We hypothesized that the arterial …

Background Impact of in-ICU transfusion on long-term outcomes remains unknown. The
purpose of this study was to assess in critical-care survivors the association between in-ICU …

Introduction The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a biological marker that has been
shown to be associated with outcomes in patients with a number of different malignancies …

Introduction Septic shock is one of the most frequent causes of admission to the intensive
care unit (ICU) and is associated with a poor prognosis. Early and late death in septic shock …

Background Although serum cystatin C (sCysC), urinary N-acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase
(uNAG), and urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (uACR) are clinically available, their optimal …

Background Heterogeneity of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) could be reduced
by identification of biomarker-based phenotypes. The set of ARDS biomarkers to …

Introduction Serum creatinine concentration (sCr) is the marker used for diagnosing and
staging acute kidney injury (AKI) in the RIFLE and AKIN classification systems, but is …