Abstract | OBJECTIVES: Early identification of patients with infection and at risk of developing severe disease with organ dysfunction remains a difficult challenge. We aimed to evaluate and validate the heparin-binding protein, a neutrophil-derived mediator of vascular leakage, as a prognostic biomarker for risk of progression to severe sepsis with circulatory failure in a multicenter setting. DESIGN: A prospective international multicenter cohort study. SETTING: Seven different emergency departments in Sweden, Canada, and the United States. PATIENTS: INTERVENTION: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Plasma levels of heparin-binding protein, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, lactate, and leukocyte count were determined at admission and 12-24 hours after admission in 759 emergency department patients with suspected infection. Patients were defined depending on the presence of infection and organ dysfunction. Plasma samples from 104 emergency department patients with suspected sepsis collected at an independent center were used to validate the results. Of the 674 patients diagnosed with an infection, 487 did not have organ dysfunction at enrollment. Of these 487 patients, 141 (29%) developed organ dysfunction within the 72-hour study period; 78.0% of the latter patients had an elevated plasma heparin-binding protein level (>30 ng/mL) prior to development of organ dysfunction (median, 10.5 hr). Compared with other biomarkers, heparin-binding protein was the best predictor of progression to organ dysfunction (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve=0.80). The performance of heparin-binding protein was confirmed in the validation cohort. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Adam Linder, Ryan Arnold, John H Boyd, Marko Zindovic, Igor Zindovic, Anna Lange, Magnus Paulsson, Patrik Nyberg, James A Russell, David Pritchard, Bertil Christensson, Per Åkesson |
Journal | Critical care medicine
(Crit Care Med)
Vol. 43
Issue 11
Pg. 2378-86
(Nov 2015)
ISSN: 1530-0293 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 26468696
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Observational Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- AZU1 protein, human
- Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
- Biomarkers
- Blood Proteins
- CALCA protein, human
- Carrier Proteins
- Protein Precursors
- Calcitonin
- C-Reactive Protein
- Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
(blood)
- Area Under Curve
- Biomarkers
(blood)
- Blood Proteins
- C-Reactive Protein
(metabolism)
- Calcitonin
(blood)
- Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
- Canada
- Carrier Proteins
(blood)
- Cause of Death
- Cohort Studies
- Critical Illness
(mortality, therapy)
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Female
- Hospital Mortality
(trends)
- Humans
- Internationality
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multiple Organ Failure
(blood, mortality, physiopathology)
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prospective Studies
- Protein Precursors
(blood)
- Risk Assessment
- Sepsis
(blood, mortality, therapy)
- Survival Analysis
- Sweden
- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
(blood, mortality, therapy)
- Treatment Outcome
- United States
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