SEPSIS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: MODERN ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSIS

The current state of the problem of sepsis diagnosis is described in this literature survey of foreign scientific publications. Fifty-three Russian and English language sources have been analyzed. Great attention has been paid to the new markers for an early sepsis diagnosis, as well as for severe sepsis and its complications. The need for clinical detection of procalcitonin and presepsin as the most well-known sepsis markers has been pointed out.