CRP and heart failure: Factors were related to a major risk for mortality including age (OR = 2.18, p = 0.002), hypertension (OR = 3.05, p = 0.048), neurological failure (Glasgow Coma Score ≤ 12; OR = 3.55, p = 0.041), S. aureus (OR = 2.45, p = 0.011), stroke (OR = 4.08, p = 0.009), heart failure (OR = 3.29, p = 0.025), CRP ≥ 17.6 mg/L (OR = 3.0, p = 0.038), and SOFA ≥ 5 (OR = 14.8, p < 0.000), whereas factor was related to survival was surgery treatment (OR = 0.11, p < 0.000).