Abstract
Context: Chromogranin A (CgA) is a novel biomarker with potential to assess mortality risk of patients with severe sepsis.Objective: Assess association of CgA levels and mortality risk of severely septic patients.Methods: Serum CgA levels were measured in 50 hospitalized, severely septic patients with organ failure <48 h.Results: Higher CgA levels trended toward higher ICU and hospital mortality. Patients without cardiovascular disease who died in the ICU had higher median (IQR) CgA levels 602.3 (343.3, 1134.3) ng/ml versus 205.5 (130.7, 325.9) ng/ml, p = 0.01.Conclusions: High CgA levels predict ICU mortality in severely septic patients without prior cardiovascular disease.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 171-176 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biomarkers |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Biological marker
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Chromogranin A
- Mortality
- Sepsis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis