PENK quartiles were also associated with an increasing trend in the number of organ failures ( Table 2 ); this implies that the PENK level might reflect sepsis-induced organ failure simply and objectively and has the clinical potential to substitute for or augment SOFA scores.
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Proenkephalin Predicts Organ Failure, Renal Replacement Therapy, and Mortality in Patients With Sepsis.
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Regarding SOFA renal subscores, although RRT requirements were significantly different according to each subscore, the number of organ failures did not reach statistical significance.