Patients' data on admission to the ICU were grouped according to the severity of the disease following consensus criteria in groups with “SIRS, but no sepsis,” “sepsis,” and “septic shock.” Squares denote median values and whiskers indicate 25th and 75th percentiles.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Circulating Precursor Levels of Endothelin-1 and Adrenomedullin, Two Endothelium-Derived, Counteracting Substances, in Sepsis"</p><p></p><p>Endothelium 2007;14(6):345-351.</p><p>Published online 13 Dec 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2430170.</p><p></p
