CRP and chronic kidney disease: Biochemical findings showed an increase in creatinine plasma levels (1.8 mg/dL; CKD-EPI: Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration: 53), C-reactive protein (CRP; 32 mg/dL), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR 125 mm/h), procalcitonin (PCT 9 ng/mL), and white blood cells (16,900 per μL) and a decrease in blood platelets values (84,000/mL), supporting the diagnosis of septic shock.