During the first three days of ICU course, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels were significantly higher in patients presenting cardiac dysfunctions compared to patients without any cardiac dysfunction.
No significant difference was detected between serum PCT of patients with SIRS but without any organ dysfunction and patients without SIRS.
Forty patients developed septic complications during their ICU stay (sepsis group), 12 developed septic shock, 18 developed severe sepsis, and 10 patients developed sepsis without any organ dysfunction.
In this group, seven patients developed septic shock, ten developed severe sepsis, and twenty-eight patients developed sepsis without any organ dysfunction.
Thirty-two patients developed septic complications during the ICU stay (sepsis group), 10 patients developed septic shock, 15 patients developed severe sepsis, and 7 patients developed sepsis without any organ dysfunction.
In our study, presurgical CRP values did tend to be higher in the patients with memory decline or subjective symptoms than in patients without any type of dysfunction.
These patients frequently receive myeloablative chemotherapy and possibly could have an infection without any acute organ dysfunction, but still would be captured as having severe sepsis since they have acute thrombocytopenia.
If SPAP reached 45 mmHg, bacterial infusion was stopped to limit the right ventricular afterload in order to obtain a reproducible hyperdynamic state without any right heart dysfunction, as previously described in this model of septic shock [ 15, 16].
An algometric study by McBeth and Gratt [ 12] revealed a significantly greater sensation of pain in the front and middle areas of the temporal muscle, both parts of the masseter muscles, and the lateral surfaces of the temporomandibular joints in a group of 20 patients with functional pain disorders than in a group of 21 people without any symptoms of dysfunction.
The patient had a favorable clinical course without liver dysfunction or any complications.
