Patients with SIRS also presented lower mean sodium (134.0 ± 6.3 vs. 135.1 ± 5.4 mEq/L, P = 0.032) and albumin (2.3 ± 0, 6 vs. 2.5 ± 0.6 mg/dL, P = 0.029), and higher median INR (1.5 vs. 1.4, P = 0.029), total bilirubin (2.5 vs. 1.9 mg/dL, P = 0.038), creatinine (1.2 vs. 1.0 mg/dL, P = 0.004), and CRP (39.1 vs. 6.3 mg/dL, P < 0.001). Here, CRP is linked to systemic inflammatory response syndrome.