Table 1.

The Chronic Systemic Inflammation (ChSI) scale.

ChSI Phenomena	Partial ChSI Criteria	Unit	Norm	ChSI Scale Points
Systemic inflammatory response	RL scale	Points (0 to 5)	0	1 RL point = 1 ChSI scale point
Microthrombus formation	D-dimers >500	ng/ml	<250	1 point
Systemic alteration	Myoglobin >60	ng/ml	<25	1 point
	Troponin I >0.2	ng/ml	<0.2
Distress reaction of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal system	Cortisol >690	nmol/L	138–690	1 point
	Cortisol <100