IL6 and Shock: In particular, the detection of the pro-inflammatorycytokine interleukin6 (IL-6) is useful in a wide variety of diseases.3 A recent meta-analysis determined the 95% confidence intervalof IL-6 in healthy individuals as 4.631–5.740 pg/mL.4 However, it can rise by a factor of 10–100during inflammatory processes and even up to >100,000 pg/mL incasesof septic shock.5 High concentrations needto be detected rapidly in order to properly treat the patient earlyon.