Endocan is useful biomarker of survival and severity in sepsis.

Coagulation abnormalities which occur as a consequence of endothelial changes are recognized as diagnostic criteria for sepsis, but significance of these changes in the outcome prognosis and prediction of the course of sepsis is still not accurately defined. 60 patients who fulfilled the criteria for diagnosis of sepsis were included in our study. Patients were categorized in two groups according to sepsis severity and organ failure and MODS development was assessed in the first 48 h from ICU admission. Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) and endothelial cell specific molecule-1(endocan) levels, as well as procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were determined within the first 24h of the onset of the disease. Predictive APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) and SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) scores were calculated on the day of ICU admission. Data were used to determine an association between day 1 biomarker levels, organ dysfunction score values and the development of organ failure, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and mortality during 28 days. These connections were determined by plotting of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Differences between groups were assessed by Mann-Whitney U test. Categorical variables were compared using chi-square test. Concentration of endocan was significantly higher in the group of patients with sepsis induced organ failure, MODS development and in the group of non- survivors in contrast to group with less severe form of the disease, without multiorgan failure, and in contrast to group of survivors (p<0.05). Values of areas under the ROC curves showed that endocan levels had good discriminative power for more severe course of sepsis, MODS development and possible discriminative power for mortality prediction (AUC: 0.81, 0.67, 0.71 retrospectively), better than PCT for fatality (AUC:053) and better than APACHE II (AUC:0.55) and SOFA (AUC: 0.57) scores for organ failure. Results of our study show that endocan can be used as strong and significant predictor of sepsis severity and outcome, perhaps even better than SOFA and APACHE II scores.

Mihajlovic DM ，Lendak DF ，Brkic SV ，Draskovic BG ，Mitic GP ，Novakov Mikic AS ，Cebovic TN ... -  《-》

Endothelial cell-specific molecule-1/endocan: Diagnostic and prognostic value in patients suffering from severe sepsis and septic shock.

This study aims to assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of endocan in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock on a medical intensive care unit (ICU). 150 patients suspected for at least severe sepsis were enrolled on a medical ICU. On days 1, 3, and 8, plasma levels of endocan, procalcitonin (PCT), and interleukin (IL)-6 were measured. Follow-up on all-cause mortality was performed after 30 days and 6 months. Endocan correlated with Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) (P < .006). Endocan was higher in patients with at least severe sepsis compared with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or sepsis patients (P = .0006) on days 1, 3, and 8. With a minimum sensitivity of 70%, uniform cutoff levels were set for ≥ sepsis at 1.8 ng/mL, for ≥ severe sepsis at 2.6 ng/mL, for ≥ septic shock at 2.9 ng/mL. On day 1, endocan levels of the fourth quartile were significantly associated with 30-days and 6-months mortality compared to lower levels. After adjustment in Cox regressions, endocan still revealed prognostic value. Endocan showed diagnostic capacity to diagnose patients with severe sepsis and septic shock and revealed prognostic information for 30-days and 6-months all-cause mortality.

Pauly D ，Hamed S ，Behnes M ，Lepiorz D ，Lang S ，Akin I ，Borggrefe M ，Bertsch T ，Hoffmann U ... -  《-》

[The correlation between procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and severity scores in patients with sepsis and their value in assessment of prognosis].

Wang S ，Chen D 《-》

[Establishment of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome early warning score in patients with severe trauma and its clinical significance: a multicenter study].

Huang W ，Qin S ，Sun Y ，Yin S ，Fan X ，Huang Q ，Chen T ，Liang H ... -  《-》

[Prognostic significance of plasma gelsolin in severe burn patients with sepsis].

Huang L ，Yao Y ，Dong N ，He L ，Zhang Q ，Yu Y ，Sheng Z ... -  《-》