Table 1.

Summary of clinical studies on cardiac troponin levels in patients with sepsis and septic shock

Authors	Year	Troponins	Cut-off (μg/l)	Range (μg/l)
Spies et al. [5]	1998	cTnT	0.2	0.04–3.3
Fernandes et al. [34]	1999	cTnI	0.6
Turner et al. [39]	1999	cTnI	0.4	2.4 (median)
Arlati et al. [32]	2000	cTnI	0.5	0.5–11.2
Ver Elst et al. [37]	2000	cTnI	0.4	0.8–6.8
		cTnT	0.1	0.2–1.5
Ammann et al. [31]	2001	cTnI	0.1	0.2–15.4
Ammann et al. [19]	2003	cTnI	0.1
		cTnT	0.1
Mehta et al. [36]	2004	cTnI	1.0	1–10.8

cTn, cardiac troponin.