Assessment of hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio to predict all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database

• by Zhiwei Su, Yin Wen, Wenhong Zhong, Hongguang Ding, Hongke Zeng

• July 13, 2026

Does High PCT Warrant Longer Therapy?

In a planned BALANCE analysis, elevated day 7 procalcitonin was associated with higher mortality, but the small subgroup analysis found no evidence that extending antibiotics from 7 to 14 days improved outcomes.

• by Andrea Surnit

• July 15, 2026

• 4 min

Upregulated CD177 on neutrophils is implicated in sepsis pathogenesis and necroptosis-driven inflammation

• by Haibo Liu, Xiangshu Cheng, Jun Li, Wei Wei, Yijia Yuan, Wenjuan Wang, Wei Wang, Fang Liu, Jin Zheng

• July 3, 2026

CXCL10 rs8878 identifies a genotype-associated immune phenotype linked to T-lymphocyte preservation and survival in sepsis

• by Birte Dyck, Andrea Witowski, Thilo Bracht, Malte Bayer, Patrick Thon, Dominik Ziehe, Tim Rahmel, Matthias Unterberg, Britta Westhus, Lars Palmowski, Hartmuth Nowak, Stefan Felix Ehrentraut, Jennifer Orlowski, Alexander von Busch, Alexander Zarbock, Nina Babel, Moritz Anft, Dietrich Henzler, Michael Adamzik, Lars Bergmann, Barbara Sitek, Björn Koos, Katharina Rump

• July 17, 2026