Cytokine
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Endothelial injury is recognized to trigger organ failures during the first 48h of septic shock. We evaluate endothelial biomarkers at ICU admission in their ability to predict severity, outcome, and organ failures in septic shock patients. ⋯ In septic shock patients, angiopoietine-2 is related with clinical severity during the first 24h but only endocan is able to predict the presence of respiratory failure at Day 3.