Linkage of alterations in systemic iron homeostasis to patients ’ outcome in sepsis: a prospective study

ConclusionsOur study could show an important impact of serum iron parameters on the outcome of sepsis. Furthermore, we identified transferrin saturation as a stand-alone predictor of sepsis survival and as a parameter of iron metabolism which may in a combined model improve the prediction power of the SOFA score.Trial registrationThe study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the Declaration of Helsinki on biomedical research. The study was approved by the institutional ethics review board of the Medical University Innsbruck (studyAN2013-0006).
Source: Journal of Intensive Care - Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research