Table 2 Electrophoretic comparison of blood serum proteins

From: A peptide-based medical device for the selective removal of inflammatory factors from the blood of people with sepsis

 

Clinical data

Reference values

Input

Ctr device (output)

SET-M33 devices (output)

Serum of healthy subjects

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

<0.5

0.09

0.06

<0.03

Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

<0.05

0.02

0.02

0.02

Total Protein (g/dL)

6.4–8.3

7

6.9

5.8

Albumin (g/dL)

3.5–5.5

4.7

4.6

3.9

Serum of patients with sepsis

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

<0.5

10.18

8.53

4.41

Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

<0.05

8.21

5.67

4.47

Total Protein (g/dL)

6.4–8.3

5.2

4.3

3.4

Albumin (g/dL)

3.5–5.5

3

2.4

1.9

  1. Comparison of blood serum protein in pools of serum from healthy subjects and patients with sepsis, before and after passage through control (CTR) and SET-M33 devices.