ALB and Sepsis: The KD group demonstrated statistically significant higher levels of ALT, AST, platelets, and erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) than the sepsis group (p < 0.05), while the KD group had significantly lower levels of PCT, hemoglobin, albumin, WBC, and CRP than the sepsis group, as shown in Table 1 (p < 0.05).