Advances and Pitfalls in Using Laboratory Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis.

Sepsis is a critical patient condition with high mortality rate caused by a complex and inadequate host response to infection. Since early identification and start of antibiotic therapy in the first few hours after sepsis development dramatically improves outcomes, it is of utter importance to offer fast, reliable and specific early laboratory biomarkers to help clinicians in sepsis recognition. On the other hand, the biomarkers should also be...