Trends in vital signs and routine biomarkers in sepsis patients during resuscitation in the emergency department: a prospective observational pilot study
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Introduction Sepsis lacks a reliable measure of disease activity [1,2]. Therefore, it remains unclear how to monitor the response to treatment. Little is known about changes in vital signs during sepsis resuscitation and biomarkers for disease activity are not available to evaluate effects of treatment in sepsis patients at the bedside [2,3]. Trends in vital signs and biomarker levels during resuscitation might provide information about response to treatment at a very early stage of sepsis.
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Trends in vital signs and routine biomarkers in patients with sepsis during resuscitation in the emergency department: a prospective observational pilot study
OBJECTIVES Sepsis lacks a reliable and readily available measure of disease activity. Thereby, it remains unclear how to monitor response to treatment. Research on numerous (new) biomarkers associated with sepsis provided disappointing results and little is known about changes in vital signs during sepsis resuscitation. We hypothesised that trends in vital signs together with routine biomarker ...
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