Naveed Sattar, Allan Gaw, Olga Scherbakova, Ian Ford, Denis St.J. O'Reilly, Steven M. Haffner, Disease and Diabetes in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Metabolic Syndrome With and Without C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Coronary Heart Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2003 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the Americ...

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scribes the clinical presentation of patients with systemic activation of the inflammatory response from any underlying cause. SIRS is a common problem in acute medical and surgical practice and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. As a consequence of SIRS, patients may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). SIRS refers to a ...