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Lead
The Cleveland Clinic
With
Cheetah Medical Inc.
The long term objective of this study is to investigate the mechanism by which plasma free fatty acids (FFAs) contribute to the progression of sepsis severity in infectious patients presenting to the Emergency Department. In the present study, pilot data will be generated to validate our hypothesis that elevated free fatty acids are related to outcome in sepsis.
We will examine our hypotheses with the following specific aims:
1. To determine if plasma FFA levels are related to severity of illness in patients with sepsis presenting to the Emergency Department.
2. To study the prognostic value of plasma FFA levels at predicting future morbidity and mortality in patients with sepsis presenting to the Emergency Department.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
18 years of age or older
Able to provide informed consent (or has surrogate present that can do so)
Presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation
Clinical suspicion of infection, as indicated by the ED physician's ordering a blood culture or a current temperature of ≥38C.
You may not be if
Liver disease
Hepatitis
Alcohol consumption \>2 drinks/day for longer than 6 months
Pregnant women
Prisoners or other institutionalized individuals
Unable to speak the English language
Unwilling or unlikely to be reachable by telephone for the 30-day follow-up status assessment call
