Effect of sepsis and cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass on plasma level of nitric oxide metabolites, neopterin, and procalcitonin: correlation with mortality …
B Adamik, J Kübler-Kielb, B Golebiowska… - Intensive care …, 2000 - Springer
Objectives: To examine the hypothesis that nitrite/nitrate, neopterin, and procalcitonin (PCT)
levels can be useful predictors of sepsis-associated mortality and predictors of the
postoperative complications after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Design: Prospective
clinical study. Setting: Intensive care unit of the Medical University Hospital. Patients: 41
patients with sepsis, 42 patients subjected to open heart surgery with CPB, and 30 healthy
volunteers. Measurements and results: Nitrite/nitrate, neopterin, and PCT levels were …
levels can be useful predictors of sepsis-associated mortality and predictors of the
postoperative complications after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Design: Prospective
clinical study. Setting: Intensive care unit of the Medical University Hospital. Patients: 41
patients with sepsis, 42 patients subjected to open heart surgery with CPB, and 30 healthy
volunteers. Measurements and results: Nitrite/nitrate, neopterin, and PCT levels were …
