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Table 2 Included study characteristics

From: The prognostic utility of protein C as a biomarker for adult sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study author

Year

Country

Study setting

Prognostic or diagnostic

N

Sepsis definition

PC assay

Prognostic outcome

Diagnostic outcome

Chornenki [28]

2020

Canada

MC, ICU

Diagnostic

357

Sepsis-3

ELISA

–

Sepsis + DIC

Masuda [27]

2020

Japan

SC, ED

Diagnostic

107

Sepsis-1

–

–

Sepsis + DIC

Ishikura [29]

2014

Japan

SC, ED

Diagnostic

84

Sepsis-1

Coagulation Analyzer

–

Sepsis

Mihajlovic [30]

2016

Serbia

SC, ED, IDC

Prognostic

150

Sepsis-2

Coagulation Analyzer

28-day mortality

–

Dwivedi [31]

2012

Canada

MC, ICU

Prognostic

80

Sepsis-2

ELISA

Mortality

–

Umemura [32]

2016

Japan

SC, ED

Both

79

Sepsis-1

Coagulation Analyzer

Mortality

Sepsis + DIC

Liaw [33]

2019

Canada

MC, ICU

Prognostic

356

Sepsis-3

ELISA

28-day mortality

–

Lorente [34]

1993

Spain

ICU

Both

48

Sepsis-1

Immunoelectro-phoresis

28-day mortality

Septic shock

Walborn [35]

2020

USA

ICU

Both

103

Sepsis-1

Coagulation Analyzer

28-day mortality

Sepsis + DIC

Koyama [36]

2014

Japan

SC, ICU

Both

77

Sepsis-2

Coagulation Analyzer

28-day mortality

Sepsis + DIC

Shapiro [37]

2009

USA

MC, ED

Both

971

Sepsis-1

ELISA

In-hospital mortality

Severe Sepsis

Karamarkovic [38]

2005

Serbia

SC

Both

59

Sepsis-1

Coagulation Analyzer

Mortality

Surgical sepsis

  1. MC multicenter, SC single center, ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, IDC infectious disease clinic, DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation