Utility of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria in predicting the onset of septic shock in hospitalized patients with hematologic malignancies

• Published in: Cancer biology & therapy Vol. 8; no. 12; pp. 1095 - 1100
• Main Authors: Mato, Anthony, Fuchs, Barry D., F. Heitjan, Daniel, Mick, Rosemarie, Halpern, Scott D., Shah, Payal D., Jacobs, Samantha, Olson, Erin M., Schuster, Stephen J., Ujjani, Chaitra, Chong, Elise A., Loren, Alison W., Miltiades, Andrea N., Luger, Selina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 15.06.2009
• Subjects: Binding; Biology; Bioscience; Calcium; Cancer; Case-Control Studies; Cell; Cohort Studies; Cycle; Female; Hematologic Neoplasms - complications; Humans; Landes; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Organogenesis; Proteins; ROC Curve; Shock, Septic - blood; Shock, Septic - diagnosis; Shock, Septic - prevention & control; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - diagnosis

Background: The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria have not been validated in patients with hematologic malignancies (HM). Objective: To determine whether daily assessment of SIRS criteria allows early identification of HM patients who will develop septic shock (SS). Design: Obs...