Marwa Zaky Abdeldayem Mohamed <br/><br/>
Low cholesterol and high CRP as prognostic factors for survival in severe sepsis /  
 انخفاض نسبة الكوليسترول و ارتفاع نسبة البروتين سى التفاعلى كدلالات للنجاة بعد التعرض لمتلازمة الانتان الشديد 
Marwa Zaky Abdeldayem ; Supervised Hassan Khaled , Ahmed Samir , Mohammed I. Afifi 
 - Cairo :   Marwa Zaky Abdeldayem Mohamed ,   2012 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Critical Care Medicine 
<br/><br/> To evaluate serum total cholesterol and serum C-reactive protein as a prognostic factor survival in patients with severe sepsis. Prospective observational study. The study population consisted of 40 patients (age range, 18-75 years; median, 56 years; men/women ratio, 2:3) in whom severe sepsis was diagnosed. Patients' serum levels of total cholesterol and C-reactive protein were measured upon admission to an intensive care unit, two days later, and seven days later 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>C-reactive protein Cholesterol Prognostic factor