Study design and population recruitment
Burns, sepsis, Trauma, septic
SEPSIS, SEPTIC SHOCK
From December 2021 to April 2022, a total of 30 septic patients were recruited from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, based on the Sepsis-3 criteria for sepsis and septic shock. Additionally, 15 age-matched healthy volunteers were enrolled from the State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns, and Combined Injury. The inclusion and exclusion criteria for septic patients are presented in Supplementary Table 