Relationship between Early Inflammatory Response and Clinical Evolution of the Severe Multiorgan Failure in Mechanical Circulatory Support-Treated Patients
Figure 4
(a) Time course of plasma sP-selectin normalized by platelet (PLT) count and (b) sICAM-1 levels in patients with postoperative maximal tSOFA score < 11 (group A: empty box-plots), and patients with postoperative maximal tSOFA score ≥ 11 and positive (group B: light gray box-plots) or negative (group C: dark gray box-plots) 3-month outcome. values are for differences among groups at each time-point by Kruskall-Wallis text. * versus group A by Mann-Whitney text corrected by Bonferroni. ° versus group B by Mann-Whitney text corrected by Bonferroni.
