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Association between iron metabolism biomarkers and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study.

Iron metabolism blood markers provide additional predictive value for survival outcomes in critically ill sepsis patients.

This retrospective observational study examined Association between iron metabolism biomarkers and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study. The abstract reports that Iron metabolism biomarkers provide significant incremental prognostic value for 30-day mortality in sepsis patients.

What the study was

Study design
Retrospective observational study
Population
Human participants
Category
Diagnostics
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Clin Chim Acta

Why it surfaced

Retrospective observational study; directly matches AI/ML in clinical diagnostics and imaging. Conservative abstract-level score 8/10.

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