Diagnostic and prognostic utility of soluble CD 14 subtype (presepsin) for severe sepsis and septic shock during the first week of intensive care treatment

Table 2 Univariate correlations of presepsin with laboratory and clinical parameters in all patients (n = 116) at day 1

	r	P-value
Creatinine	0.28	0.002
Bilirubin	0.20	0.04
White blood cells (WBC)	0.17	0.07
Platelets	0.09	0.4
C reactive proteine (CRP)	0.22	0.02
Procalcitonin (PCT)	0.36	0.0001
Interleukin 6 (IL-6)	0.39	0.0001
pCO2	?0.25	0.007
Systolic blood pressure	-0.19	0.04
Intensive care days	0.22	0.02
Mechanical ventilation days	0.19	0.04
Renal replacement days	0.36	0.0001
Catecholamines days	0.21	0.03
SOFA score	0.23	0.02
APACHE II score	0.28	0.004

APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment.

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