TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Elsaid Mohammed Elsayed AU - Amal Rezk , AU - Hassan Samir Effat , AU - Nael Samir Ahmed , TI - Resistin as a marker of severe sepsis / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohammed Elsaid Mohammed Elsayed , KW - Cytokine KW - Resistin KW - Sever sepsis N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Critical Care Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Sever sepsis and septic shock are serious manifestations of infection . Mortality ranges from over 30% in sever sepsis up to 60% in septic shock . Resistin was significantly increased in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock increased levels of resistin were found in patients with septic shock compared with those with severe sepsis ER -