Figure 4

The course of C-reactive protein (CRP) plasma concentrations in 40patients during 15 days after onset of sepsis or multiple organ dysfunctionsyndrome (MODS). Indicated are median and 25/75 percentiles (whiskers) of CRPconcentrations of 14 patients with a lethal outcome (◎, solid line)during a 28-day observation period due to the underlying disease, and of 26patients who survived (∷, dashed line).