Table 1.
Definitions of sepsis and the sepsis subgroups.
Table 2.
Admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, serum creatinine and serum amyloid A concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals based on sepsis categorization and outcome.
Fig 1.
Admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals based on sepsis category.
NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. For each boxplot, the solid line in the rectangle represents the median value; the solid lines below and above each rectangle represent, respectively, the first and the third quartiles; adjacent lines to the whiskers represent the limits of the 95% confidence interval; small circles represent outside values. * = NGAL concentrations were significantly higher in septic foals compared to sick non-septic or uncertain sepsis status foals (p = 0.004).
Fig 2.
Admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals based on sepsis scores.
NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. For each boxplot, the solid line in the rectangle represents the median value; the solid lines below and above each rectangle represent, respectively, the first and the third quartiles; adjacent lines to the whiskers represent the limits of the 95% confidence interval; small circles represent outside values.
Fig 3.
Receiver operating characteristic curve of admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin [A] and Serum amyloid A [B] concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals to predict sepsis.
[A] Area under curve = 0.798 with se (area) = 0.0856; ─ fitted ROC curve with 95% CI; ● Observed values of the ROC curve. [B] Area under curve = 0.869 with se (area) = 0.0703; ─ fitted ROC curve with 95% CI; ● Observed values of the ROC curve.
Fig 4.
Admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals based on outcome.
NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. Three foals were excluded from this part of the study as they were euthanized due to financial restraint. For each boxplot, the solid line in the rectangle represents the median value; the solid lines below and above each rectangle represent, respectively, the first and the third quartiles; adjacent lines to the whiskers represent the limits of the 95% confidence interval; small circles represent outside values. * = significant difference in NGAL concentrations between survivors and non-survivors (p = 0.0007).
Fig 5.
Admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals based on survival scores.
NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. Three foals were excluded from this part of the study as they were euthanized due to financial restraint. For each boxplot, the solid line in the rectangle represents the median value; the solid lines below and above each rectangle represent, respectively, the first and the third quartiles; adjacent lines to the whiskers represent the limits of the 95% confidence interval; small circles represent outside values.
Fig 6.
Receiver operating characteristic curve of admission serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin concentrations in hospitalized neonatal foals to predict non survival.
Area under curve = 0.7029 with se (area) = 0.0602; ─ fitted ROC curve with 95% CI; ● Observed values of the ROC curve.