From: How does major abdominal surgery induce procalcitonin and IL-6 in the postoperative period?
 | Infection (N=11) | no infection (N=19) | ||||
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Time of sampling | SIRS | PCT | IL-6 | SIRS | PCT | IL-6 |
Before surgery | 0 | 0.24 | 28.9 | 0.2 | 0.41 | 107 |
1 day | 3.4 | 4.73 | 552 | 3.4 | 0.44 | 365 |
3 day | 3.1 | 0.75 | 106 | 2.3 | 0.53 | 181 |
5 day | 2.5 | 0.21 | 106 | 1.3 | 0.24 | 111 |
7 day | 1.6 | 0.16 | 105 | 0.6 | 0.12 | 111 |