Why and How Is Hyperferritinemic Sepsis Different From Sepsis Without Hyperferritinemia?

Joseph A Carcillo¹, Kate K Kernan, Christopher M Horvat+2

• ¹Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Health Informatics for Clinical Effectiveness, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.