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Table 2 Predictive value of laboratory tests assessed at admission for sepsis development during ICU stay

From: Sepsis prediction in critically ill patients by platelet activation markers on ICU admission: a prospective pilot study

Variable

Development of sepsisa

P valueb

 

No (N = 80)

Yes (N = 19)

 

Routine

 CRP (mg/L)

14.1 ± 37.7

29.1 ± 61.7

0.053

 Fibrinogen (g/L)

2.6 ± 0.99

3.3 ± 2.0

0.11

 PTT (s)

14.4 ± 1.7

14.4 ± 3.3

0.78

 Prothrombin Time Index (%)

66.3 ± 15.6

69.7 ± 19.4

0.61

 Platelet count (103/μL)

124 ± 55

133 ± 84

0.59

d-dimers (μg/L)

2617 ± 6353

4456 ± 4957

0.0032

 ISTH score

1.6 ± 1.3

2.6 ± 0.9

0.041

 White blood cell count (103/μL)

10.0 ± 4.4

11.1 ± 5.2

0.42

Flow cytometry

 TNF-α (pg/mL)

0.17 ± 0.8

0.65 ± 1.5

0.091

 IL-10 (pg/mL)

19.4 ± 90

9.4 ± 16.2

0.50

 sCD40L (pg/mL)

88.8 ± 81.8

53.3 ± 43.6

0.89

 IL-17A (pg/mL)

9.1 ± 12.2

7.6 ± 15.5

0.31

 IL-6 (pg/mL)

459 ± 2673

162 ± 164

0.94

 IL-7 (pg/mL)

2.9 ± 3.7

1.4 ± 1.7

0.65

 IFN-γ (pg/mL)

0.14 ± 0.91

0

0.99

 Platelet-Fg (%)

28.1 ± 27.8

56.5 ± 31.2

0.0054

 Platelet-Fg (MFI)

1770 ± 1266

2752 ± 1359

0.0026

 Platelet-PS (%)

2.9 ± 2.4

3.5 ± 2.7

0.61

 Platelet-PS (MFI)

29.8 ± 15.1

37 ± 18.3

0.068

 Platelets-neutrophils (%)

3.4 ± 5

4.4 ± 6.2

0.72

 Platelets-neutrophils (CD61 MFI)

313 ± 127

323 ± 137

0.72

 Platelets-monocytes (%)

19.8 ± 23.1

22.1 ± 25.5

0.73

 Platelets-monocytes (CD61 MFI)

1413 ± 2462

1569 ± 3182

0.82

  1. Null values for TNF-α and IFN-γ correspond to values under the level of detection (3.8 pg/ml)
  2. Platelet-Fg platelet-bound fibrinogen, platelet-PS, platelets expressing P-selectin on their surface, MFI median fluorescence intensity, % percentage of positive cells for the indicated marker
  3. aResults are expressed as means ± SD
  4. bLogistic regression