CRP and septic shock: Patients with septic shock also presented with higher levels of traditional inflammatory indicators including PCT (30.22 ng/mL vs 1.00 ng/mL, P=0.0002) (Figure 4B) and CRP (155.0 mg/L vs. 111.5 mg/L, P=0.0436) (Figure 4C) than those in patients without septic shock.