Luisa Agnello, Anna Maria Ciaccio, Fabio Del Ben, Bruna Lo Sasso, Giuseppe Biundo, Aurora Giglia, Rosaria Vincenza Giglio, Andrea Cortegiani, Caterina Maria Gambino, Marcello Ciaccio
OBJECTIVES: Monocyte distribution width (MDW) is a measure of monocyte anisocytosis. In this study, we assessed the role of MDW, in comparison to C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and lactate, as a screening and prognostic biomarker of sepsis in intensive care unit (ICU) by longitudinally measuring it in the first 5 days of hospital stay. METHODS: We considered all consecutive patients admitted to the ICU. At admission, patients were classified as septic or not according to Sepsis-3 criteria...
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