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Table 1 Results of temporal changes and significance

From: Monitoring of procalcitonin, IL-6 and brain natriuretic peptide for sepsis diagnosis in cardiac surgery

 

T0

T1

T2

T3

T4

PCT (ng/ml)

   Nonseptic

0.04

0.04

0.58

0.34

0.34

   Septic

0.04

0.15

2.63

1.87

0.74

   P

NS

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.01

IL-6 (pg/ml)

   Nonseptic

12

160

129

78

75

   Septic

18

184

145

261

92

   P

NS

NS

NS

<0.01

NS

BNP

   Nonseptic

159

154

347

428

492

   Septic

373

627

731

756

798

   P

<0.01

< 0.01

<0.01

<0.05

<0.05