Can serum ferritin be employed as prognostic marker of pediatric septic shock and severe sepsis?

• Main Authors: Mihir Sarkar (Author), Satyabrata Roychowdhury (Author), Mohammad Asraf Uz Zaman (Author), Sumantra Raut (Author), Subhajit Bhakta (Author), Mousumi Nandy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Serum ferritin has emerged as an independent marker predicting the outcome of critically ill patients. The cutoff value of ferritin in predicting mortality in septic children is not well established. Objective: The aim is to determine the cutoff value of ferritin which is, best predict...