Figure 1From: A latent class approach for sepsis diagnosis supports use of procalcitonin in the emergency room for diagnosis of severe sepsis Flow chart of recruitment, patients’ classification by expert consensus and biomarker results. The values of biomarkers are presented as number of samples measured, median and interquartile range (IQR). CRP = C-reactive protein (mg/dL), DD = D-dimer (ng/ml), PCT = Procalcitonin (ng/ml), Δ24 = Measurement 2 - Measurement 1.Back to article page