Funding for this research was provided by:
Region Skåne (N/A)
Avtal om Läkarutbildning och Forskning (86626, 86626)
Anna och Edwin Bergers Stiftelse (N/A)
Stiftelserna Wilhelm och Martina Lundgrens (N/A)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2018
Accepted: 25 December 2018
First Online: 7 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Plasma samples for the pilot study were obtained from sepsis patients (Diarie number 2014/741) and from healthy donors (Diarie number 2013/728) with informed consent as approved by the ethics committee of Lund University Hospital. The protocol for the main cohort was approved by the ethics committee of Lund University Hospital (Diarie number 790/2005), and informed consent was obtained from all patients or their close relatives.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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