Biomarkers in sepsis at time zero: intensive care unit scores, plasma measurements and polymorphisms in Argentina.

Introduction: A patient's response to sepsis is influenced by their genetic background. Our objective was to use plasma markers, such as protein C (PC), D-dimer, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels, and the PAI-1 rs1799889 4G/5G and  Tumor Necrosis Factor-α rs1800629 G/A  polymorphisms to improve classical intensive care unit (ICU) scores.

Methodology: We studied 380 subjects, 166 with sepsis.