IL6 and Sepsis: However, the use of a similar polymeric adsorption matrix in bacterial septic shock in adult and pediatric sepsis patients in recent studies confirmed its enhanced potential in the removal of interleukin-6 (IL-6), procalcitonin, and C-reactive protein (CRP), as well as a decrease in the severity of multiple organ failure (MOF) and time to weaning from mechanical ventilation (30–33).