Wong Hector R
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2019 Mar;8(1):11-16. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1677537. Epub 2019 Jan 11.
Sepsis-related biomarkers have a variety of potential applications. The most well-known application is to differentiate patients with signs of systemic inflammation caused by infection, from those with systemic inflammation due to a non-infectious cause. This application is important for timely and judicious prescription of antibiotics. Apart from diagnostic applications, biomarkers can also be used to identify patients with sepsis who are at risk for poor outcome and to subgroup patients with sepsis based on biological commonalities. The latter two applications embody the concepts of prognostic and predictive enrichment, which are fundamental to precision medicine. This review will elaborate on these concepts, provide relevant examples, and discuss important considerations in the process of biomarkers discovery and development.
脓毒症相关生物标志物有多种潜在应用。最广为人知的应用是区分由感染引起的全身炎症体征患者与非感染性原因导致的全身炎症患者。这种应用对于及时、合理地使用抗生素至关重要。除了诊断应用外,生物标志物还可用于识别预后不良风险的脓毒症患者,并根据生物学共性对脓毒症患者进行亚组划分。后两种应用体现了预后富集和预测富集的概念,这是精准医学的基础。本综述将详细阐述这些概念,提供相关实例,并讨论生物标志物发现和开发过程中的重要注意事项。