Is serum lactate a better predictor of short-term mortality when stratified by C-reactive protein in adult emergency department patients hospitalized for a suspected infection?
In this cohort, patients with both an increased CRP level and hyperlactatemia had a higher mortality rate than patients with abnormalities of either laboratory test in isolation.
In HNSCC patients, changed monocyte in vitro response to endotoxin, as measured by increased IL-6 (SFM) and decreased MCP-1 (AS) responsiveness, are negative prognostic factors.